Abstract
Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1987, Vol 32(2), 183–185. Reviews the book, Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression by Gerald L. Klerman, Myrna M. Weissman, Bruce J. Rounsaville, and Eve S. Chevron (1984). The present volume represents a compelling and truly significant demonstration that comprehensive specificity need not be restricted to the behavioral paradigm. Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) of depression includes concepts and techniques deeply rooted in dynamic psychotherapies, and integrates these within a systematic and strategic interpersonal approach to treating clinical depression. The organization, clarity, and detail with which they present the material do indeed enable the authors to succeed admirably in achieving these interrelated purposes. This is an important work. In describing an approach to depression that is structured, short-term, and gaining empirical support, it is most timely given the seeming frequency of major depression in outpatients and characteristic third-party coverage of a limited number of sessions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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