Table of Contents

Foreword. An overview of interpersonal psychotherapy. Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescent depression. Maintenance interpersonal psychotherapy: a preventative treatment for depression. Interpersonal psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa. Interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of depression in HIV-positive men and women. Afterword. Index.

Promotional Information

Markowitz and his colleagues have provided a very important service to both researchers and clinicians in their review of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). The increasing popularity and widespread application of IPT reflects both scientific advances and therapeutic successes. The authors provide a selected but highly relevant update on the efficacy of IPT and its successful transformation from research intervention into widespread clinical practice. Both short-term and long-term applications of IPT, as well as its extension across the entire life cycle, should lead to a better use of psychotherapeutic intervention as a viable alternative and in combination with psychopharmacologic intervention in many psychiatric conditions. David J. Kupfer, M.D., Thomas Detre Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Director of Research, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

About the Author

John C. Markowitz, M.D., is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Psychotherapy Clinic at Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York.

Reviews

[T]his is an excellent introduction to IPT for those with little or no knowledge of the field. For those already with an interest in psychological treatments, the book provides a welcome update of the potential range of conditions for treatment. I would recommend it for individual clinicians as a counter to the many pharmacological textbooks that are available, and I think it would be a useful addition to departmental libraries.

This is an excellent, highly informative, and readable volume. It will be useful to clinicians who are experienced in the field as well as to novices who want to learn more about IPT and for whom the volume will be an introduction to the field. The book will appeal particularly to those clinicians interested in an evidence-based approach to the treatment of mental illness.