Hanging On And Letting Go: Understanding The Onset, Progression, And Remission Of Depression Presents A Complementary Rather Than A Competing Theory Of Depression, Which Will Interest A Wide Spectrum Of Practicing Psychotherapists, Researchers Studying Depression, And Personality And Social Psychologists Interested In The More General Issues Of Motivation And The Self. While Many Contemporary Theories Are Derived From Fragmentary Often Unsystematic Assumptions About Human Behavior, The Theory Presented In This Book Looks At The Whole Human Being Before Mapping Out The Various Manifestations Of Depression, Its Causes, Its Development And Its Treatment. An Integrated And Substantial Conception Of Self-awareness And Self-regulatory Processes Constitutes The Framework Which Helps To Explain Depression-related Phenomena.