Overcoming Depression

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GOOD HEALTH GU1DES
OVERCOMING DEPRESSION
According to figures írom the World Health Organization, around 100 millión people are suffering from depression at any one tíme—and this figure seems to be rising. Yet few people know how to start helping themselves or obtain help from a therapist. Overcoming Depression is an accessible, enlightening and constructive guide to the problem. Exceptional fór its broad scope, it bridges the gap between standard professional viewpoints, the alternative therapies andpractical everyday wisdom, discussing an unusually wide spectrum of therapies and methods of self-help.
Overcoming Depression is divided into four parts. It starts by looking at all the different levels of depression, going beyond recognized clinical definitions. It goes on to describe how life's events or non-events, a person's past history and personality as well as physical factors such as illness can all affect his or her mentái state. The third part of the book looks at the... Tovább

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GOOD HEALTH GU1DES
OVERCOMING DEPRESSION
According to figures írom the World Health Organization, around 100 millión people are suffering from depression at any one tíme—and this figure seems to be rising. Yet few people know how to start helping themselves or obtain help from a therapist. Overcoming Depression is an accessible, enlightening and constructive guide to the problem. Exceptional fór its broad scope, it bridges the gap between standard professional viewpoints, the alternative therapies andpractical everyday wisdom, discussing an unusually wide spectrum of therapies and methods of self-help.
Overcoming Depression is divided into four parts. It starts by looking at all the different levels of depression, going beyond recognized clinical definitions. It goes on to describe how life's events or non-events, a person's past history and personality as well as physical factors such as illness can all affect his or her mentái state. The third part of the book looks at the many ways of overcoming depression, from simple self-help methods to different forms of psychotherapy and, for very severe depression, the physical treatments. It gives an honest assessment of all these therapies, thus helping you to choose the right therapist for your problems. The fourth and final section discusses practícal ways of preventing a recurrence, spotting early signs of depression and sloughing them off by keeping the body, mind and feelings in trim.
Written in a clear and entertaining style, Overcoming Depression is full of specially compiled questionnaires and charts and positive advice. It is highly originál in its approach and designed to help raise the spirits and banish the blues. Vissza