Guides clinicians and researchers in choosing practical tools relevant for clinical assessment, intervention, and research in depression. Overviews some 90 key assessment tools, and provides summary tables comparing and contrasting different instruments in terms of their requirements, suitability, costs, administration, reliability, and validity. Sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain are included. For instruments commercially available, samples of instrument content and information about how to purchase them are provided. Lacks a subject index. Nezu is affiliated with MCP Hahnemann University. Wire comb binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)