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 brings together scholarly contributions from world-class researchers to present a careful and empirically based review of depressive comorbidity. Cutting-edge chapters address theory, research, and practice, while capturing the diversity, evidence-base, and importance of depressive comorbidity. Specific topics include the comorbidity between depression and PTSD, alcohol use, and eating, anxiety, panic, bipolar, personality, and sleep disorders, as well as schizophrenia, suicide, cardiovascular disease, cancer, pain, obesity, intimate relationships, and many more. The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity is a unique and much-needed resource that will be helpful to a broad range of researchers and practitioners including clinical and counseling psychologists, psychiatrists, marital and family therapists, social workers, and counselors working in mental-health and general health-care settings, as well as students in these areas.

1. Introduction
C. Steven Richards and Michael W. O'Hara
2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)
Thomas A. Widiger and Whitney L. Gore
3. From Comorbidity to Constructs: Recurring and Emergent Issues in Modeling Comorbidity
Kristian E. Markon
4. Examining the Comorbidity between Depression and the Anxiety Disorders From the Perspective of the Quadripartite Model
David Watson and Sara M. Stasik
5. Depressive Disorders, Comorbidity Issues, and Assessment Strategies
Nicholas R. Eaton and Robert F. Krueger
6. Depression and Comorbidity with Panic Disorder
Natalie Castriotta and Michelle G. Craske
7. Depression and PTSD Comorbidity
Lisa M. Najavits and Nicole M. Capezza
8. Comorbidity of Social Anxiety Disorder and Depression
Julia K. Langer and Thomas L. Rodebaugh
9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Susan Mineka, Deepika Anand, and Jennifer A. Sumner
10. Depression and Alcohol Use
Katie Witkiewitz and Connie Stauffer
11. Eating Disorders
Pamela K. Keel and Lauren A. Holland
12. Comorbidity of Depression and Conduct Disorder
Deborah M. Capaldi and Hyoun K. Kim
13. Depression and Comorbidity: Personality Disorder
Daniel N. Klein, Sara J. Bufferd, Eunyoe Ro, and Lee Anna Clark
14. Sexual Dysfunction
Jamie Feldman and Karin Larsen
15. Schizophrenia
Alex S. Cohen, Dallas A. Callaway, and Tracey L. Auster
16. Suicide
Kelly C. Cukrowicz and Erin K. Poindexter
17. Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder and Depression
Eric Youngstrom and Anna Van Meter
18. Depression and Cardiovascular Diseases
Jerry Suls and Karina W. Davidson
19. Cancer and Depression
Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, Lauren M. Greenberg, and Kristin Salber
20. Pain
Daniela Roditi, Lori B. Waxenberg, and Michael E. Robinson
21. Obesity
Gareth R. Dutton and Belinda L. Needham
22. Sleep Disorders and Depression
Colleen E. Carney and Taryn G. Moss
23. Multiple Sclerosis
Laura M. Hancock, Jared M. Bruce, and Sharon G. Lynch
24. HIV/AIDS and Depression
Aaron J. Blashill, Janna R. Gordon, Matthew J. Mimiaga, and Steven A. Safren
25. Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Context for Comorbidity
Alan J. Christensen, Julia R. Van Liew, and Quinn D. Kellerman
26. Depression in Dementia Syndromes
Jessica A. Brommelhoff
27. Women's Health: Comorbidity of Depression and Type 2 Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Melissa M. Buttner and Michael W. O'Hara
28. Intimate Relationships
Catherine B. Stroud, Brian A. Feinstein, Vickie Bhatia, Rachel Hershenberg, and Joanne Davila
29. Family Relationships, Emotional Processes, and Adolescent Depression
Jamie L. Abaied and Karen D. Rudolph
30. Perinatal Depression
Jennifer N. Felder, Abigail M. Lindemann, and Sona Dimidjian
31. Multidisciplinary treatments and medications for depressive disorders and comorbidity
Robert H. Howland
32. The Role of Community and Home-based Interventions in Late Life Depression
Laura N. Gitlin
33. Treatment of Depressive Disorders and Comorbidity in Ethnic Minority Groups
Huynh-Nhu Le, Rhonda C. Boyd, and Ma. Asunción Lara
34. Psychosocial Interventions for Depressed Breast Cancer Patients
Derek R. Hopko, Crystal C. McIndoo, Michael Gawrysiak, and Stevie Grassetti
35. Cognitive Therapy for Comorbid Depression
Mark A. Whisman and Daniel BE

36. The Big Picture
Ronald C. Kessler, Kate M. Scott, Victoria Shahly, and Alan M. Zaslavsky
37. Epilogue
Michael W. O'Hara and C. Steven Richards

C. Steven Richards, PhD, is a professor of psychology and director of graduate studies at Texas Tech University. His primary research interests include depression, relapse prevention, comorbidity, self-control, and health psychology.
Michael W. O'Hara, PhD, is a professor of psychology, Starch faculty fellow, and director of clinical training at the University of Iowa. His primary research interests include depression, interpersonal psychotherapy, women's health promotion, postpartum depression, comorbidity, health psychology, and several issues in psychological assessment.