Terrence Real, a psychotherapist with 20 years of experience treating men and their families, exposes an epidemic of "covert," or hidden, depression among men. Covert depression develops when a man attempts to soothe pain and suffering through abusive behavior, alcoholism, and workaholism. Real explains how men can heal themselves, restore ...
In his bestseller Feeling Good, Dr David Burns helped pioneer and popularise cognitive therapy, helping millions to find lasting relief from debilitating depression. Building on that, this book offers a programme for improving mood without drugs.'
Based on new brain science--and featuring treatment plans that include medication, diet, supplements, exercise, and social and therapeutic support--this groundbreaking book helps readers conquer anxiety and depression and change the way they think about these potentially devastating disorders.
"Bipolar Disorder" affects many more people than just the 2.5 million Americans who suffer from the disease. Like depression and other serious illnesses, bipolar disorder also affects spouses, partners, family members, friends and coworkers. And, according to the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, 15 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD ...
The novelist William Styron realized during the summer of 1984, when he was 60 years old, that the joylessness, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts he had been experiencing were not simply part of an episode of harmless melancholy, but the marks of a severe and terrifying depression (he calls it "madness") that had become debilitating. As he ...
Antidepressants are a miracle, but to really beat depression we need to change our whole way of thinking. This book is a great introduction to a process--known as cognitive therapy--that can help us do just that. According to David M. Burns, depression results from a process wherein negative thoughts produce distortions of reality. Through a ...
Depression is a widespread problem that affects 10 to 15% of the world?s population (another 10 to 15% of whom commit suicide). Mary Ellen Copeland has suffered from depression herself, and peppers her study and instruction with stories of her own suffering and triumphs. Through the use of worksheets to track mood changes over time, as well as ...
Seven years ago, John McManamy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Through his successful Web site and newsletter, he has turned his struggles into a lifelong dedication to helping others battling depression and bipolar disorder reclaim their lives. In Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, he brilliantly blends the knowledge of ...
With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, award-winning author Solomon conducts a definitive narrative of incomparable range and resonance on his family secret of mental illness. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, the author reveals as never before the complexities of the disease.
Happiness Is a Choice has helped hundreds of thousands of people understand and overcome depression. Drawing from their professional training, counseling experience, and biblical knowledge, the authors provide expert answers to questions such as: What causes depression? Is there a cure for depression? Why do Christians suffer from depression? and ...
Dr. Arem explains the the role the thyroid plays in the body and how thyroid imbalance affects health. He presents a program that includes antioxidents, exercise, stress reduction, and hormone treatments to address thyroid disorders.
From E. Fuller Torrey, M. D. , the author of the best-selling Surviving Schizophrenia (more than 250,000 sold), and Michael B. Knable, D. O. , the first truly comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide to manic-depressive illness. . Surviving Manic Depression is the most authoritative book on this disorder, which affects more than two million people in ...
A psychotherapist shows readers how to "undo" depression by replacing depressive patterns of thinking, relating, and behaving with a new and more effective set of skills.
A handbook for those living with a depressed person. This book provides practical advice for responding to the depressive's behavior and for preserving one's self-esteem.
This classic best-seller, which describes the causes of and cure for depression, has been completely revised and updated to reflect the changes in the understanding and treatment of depression in the last two decades.
Andrew Solomon covers geographical and historical distance in this atlas of depression. In it, he discusses the crushing and pervasive effects of depression on people, the social policy and prescription drugs for controlling it, and its demographic profile around the world. In addition, Solomon uses case studies and his own harrowing personal ...
Beset by chronic pain, Phillip Aronson found himself battling the crippling effects of clinical depression. For his wife, TV host and model Emme, it was one of the toughest challenges she would ever face. Told in their own voices, this is the true story of a couple who endured the ravages of clinical depression together, and emerged stronger and ...
The simple, untold truth about anxiety and depression is that they are habits of insecurity and, like all habits, they can be broken. In this new edition of the highly successful "Self-Coaching", Dr. Joseph Luciani shows you how to change your way of thinking and develop a healthy, adaptive way of living through his proven Self-Talk strategy for ...
With this workbook, the authors offer a much needed resource to people struggling with depression and to the professionals who help them. The text offers readers powerful strategies for overcoming depression in simple, direct language, amply illustrated with stories and reinforced by techniques they can practice right away.
Antidepressants are a miracle, but to really beat depression we need to change our whole way of thinking. This book is a great introduction to a process--known as cognitive therapy--that can help us do just that. According to David M. Burns, depression results from a process wherein negative thoughts produce distortions of reality. Through a ...
This book offers a surprising new prescription for coping with depression and anxiety, as well as other painful emotional states: don't try to get rid of them. In Healing Through The Dark Emotions, Miriam Greenspan shows us that there's something good in so-called 'bad' feelings, if we would only stop and listen to them. She explains why learning ...
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