Persistent Depressive Disorders

Prof. Penberthy has written an excellent overview of the recent chronic depression category in DSM-5, persistent depressive disorder (PDD), reviewing a highly relevant body of literature and providing extensive summaries of empirically validated treatments. This text is a must-read for psychiatric and psychological practitioners and researchers, as well as anyone who is interested in depression, its biological, psychological, and genetic features, and clinical course."; James P. McCullough, Jr, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA,USA; Clearly, this is a much-needed addition to the field - Highly recommended! Formerly known as dysthymia, PDD [persistent depressive disorder] is often a challenging condition. The book covers the basic terminology, diagnosis, epidemiology, comorbidity, scale assessments, and various pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment options. It presents an unbiased and empirically supported discussion with great examples and wonderful charts. I was especially impressed with the clinician and self-report scale sections in the first chapter. The case examples throughout the chapters help tie the entire book together.; Reviewed by Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM, FAAETS, C3 Education and Research, Inc., in Doody’s Reviews (January 2020);