You Can Beat Depression: A Guide to Prevention & RecoveryThis text on dealing with depression helps readers to assess and understand their own condition, and guide them to appropriate treatment. It contains material on chronic and recurrent depression, relapse prevention, brief therapy, Prozac and other medications, and alternative therapy. This book has been adopted and recommended in the US by the National Institute on Mental Health D/ART programme and the National Mental Health Association. |
Contents
Understanding Depression | 1 |
What Can I Do To Beat Depression? | 8 |
Healthy Destructive Responses to Emotional Pain | 69 |
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