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Depression Is Frequently Associated With Other Psychiatric Disorders And Is Often Related To Chronic Health Problems. Depressive Symptoms Are Also Common In Chronically Distressed Close Relationships And Severe Interpersonal Difficulties In Families And At Work. The Topic Of Depressive Comorbidity Is Clearly Very Important, And While Recent Research In This Area Has Been Methodologically Sophisticated, Well Presented, And Inherently Interesting, There Has Not Been A Comprehensive, Academic Resource That Covers Recent Developments In This Area. The Oxford Handbook Of Depression And Comorbidity. Diagnostic And Statistical Manual (dsm) -- From Comorbidity To Constructs: Recurring And Emergent Issues In Modeling Comorbidity -- Examining The Comorbidity Between Depression And The Anxiety Disorders From The Perspective Of The Quadripartite Model -- Depressive Disorders, Comorbidity Issues, And Assessment Strategies -- Depression And Comorbidity With Panic Disorder -- Depression And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Comorbidity -- Comorbidity Of Social Anxiety Disorder And Depression -- Important Issues In Understanding Comorbidity Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder And Major Depressive Disorder -- Depression And Alcohol Use -- Eating Disorders. Comorbidity Of Depression And Conduct Disorder -- Depression And Comorbidity: Personality Disorder -- Sexual Dysfunction -- Schizophrenia -- Suicide -- Comorbidity Of Bipolar Disorder And Depression -- Depression And Cardiovascular Diseases -- Cancer And Depression -- Pain -- Obesity -- Sleep Disorders And Depression -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Hiv/aids And Depression -- Depression In Chronic Kidney Disease: A Context For Comorbidity -- Depression In Dementia Syndromes -- Women's Health: Comorbidity Of Depression And Type 2 Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, And Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Intimate Relationships -- Family Relationships, Emotional Processes, And Adolescent Depression -- Perinatal Depression. Multidisciplinary Treatments And Medications For Depressive Disorders And Comorbidity -- The Role Of Community- And Home-based Interventions In Late-life Depression -- Treatment Of Depressive Disorders And Comorbidity In Ethnic Minority Groups -- Psychosocial Interventions For Depressed Breast Cancer Patients -- Cognitive Therapy For Comorbid Depression -- The Big Picture -- Epilogue. Edited By C. Steven Richards And Michael W. O'hara. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.