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Part 1 Descriptive aspects: symptoms and assessment of depression;symptoms and assessment of mania; concepts, diagnosis andclassification; history of the affective disorders; thebipolar-unipolar distinction; anxiety disorders and their relationshipto depression; course and outcome. Part 2 Causative aspects:epidemiology; genetics; life events and social stress; earlyenvironment; personaltiy; psychodynamics; animal models;neurochemistry; neuroendocrinology; thehypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical ayarwm; neuropsychology andimaging; sleep and affective disorders. Part 3 Medication and physicaltreatments: tricyclic and newer antidepressants; monoamine oxidaseinhibitors; electroconvulsive therapy; lithium; anticonsulsants andnovel drugs; maintenance treatment; resistant depression; prediction oftreatment response. Part 4 Psychotherapeutic, cognitive and socialtreatments: psychoanalytically orientated psychotherapy; group therapy;family and marital therapy; interpersonal psychotherapy; cognitivetherapy; social and community approaches. Part 5 Special aspects:transcultural aspects; seasonal affective disorders; depression andchildbirth; depression in childhood and adolescence; affectivedisorders in old age; bereavement; suicide and attempted suicide;depression in general practice; depression in medical settings.