A behavior-analytic account of depression and a case report using acceptance-based procedures

Provides a behavior-analytic account of depression and discusses several possible treatment interventions. The reliance of other approaches on cognitive and biological processes and their lack of attention to environment-behavior relations is criticized as providing an inadequate etiology of depression. The case of a 23-yr-old woman with depression is presented to illustrate an acceptance-based approach combining functional analytic psychotherapy and acceptance and commitment therapy.