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Mood Disorders in Adults - Depression, Mania, Bi-polar

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Managing Depression, Growing Older

A guide for professionals and carers

Managing Depression, Growing Older
  • By Kerrie Eyers, Gordon Parker and Henry Brodaty.

Published May 2012

Even when he’s grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a result of life circumstances or our genetic makeup. While older people face the same kinds of mental…
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The Bipolar Spectrum

Diagnosis or Fad?

The Bipolar Spectrum
  • By Joel Paris.

Published February 2012

In the 1970s, author Joel Paris was one of the first doctors in his hospital to prescribe lithium to a psychiatric patient. In the wake of the drug’s success, both in that case and countless others, why this book? As Dr. Paris’ historical examination of bipolar diagnosis and critique of the…
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Depression

Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities

Depression
  • By Bradley Lewis.

Published October 2011

We live in an era of depression, a condition that causes extensive suffering for individuals and families and saps our collective productivity. Yet there remains considerable confusion about how to understand depression. Depression: Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities looks at the varied…
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Simply Effective Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

A Practitioner's Guide

Simply Effective Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • By Michael J. Scott.

Published June 2011

Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (GCBT) and guided self-help widen the availability of evidence-based treatment for common mental health disorders. This volume provides GCBT protocols for common disorders as well as session-by-session teaching materials and self-help survival manuals covering:…
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Facing the Storm

Using CBT, Mindfulness and Acceptance to Build Resilience When Your World's Falling Apart

Facing the Storm
  • By Ray Owen.

Published June 2011

We live in a world where bad things can, and do, happen irrespective of whether we are good or bad, whether we consider ourselves lucky or doomed, and with no regard to fairness. Any of us can find ourselves facing redundancy, the breakdown of a relationship, bankruptcy or any number of life…
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The Madness of Women

Myth and Experience

The Madness of Women
  • By Jane M. Ussher.

Published March 2011

Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men? If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain women's prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat women’s distress, in a…
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Object Relations in Depression

A Return to Theory

Object Relations in Depression
  • By Trevor Lubbe.

Published November 2010

This book examines the role of British object relations theory in order to explore our understanding and treatment of depression. It challenges current conceptualizations of depression while simultaneously discussing the complex nature of depression, its long-lasting and chronic implications and…
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Tackling Depression at Work

A Practical Guide for Employees and Managers

Tackling Depression at Work
  • By Kerrie Eyers, and Gordon Parker.

Published November 2010

If you have depression, do you persevere or do you risk telling your manager? If you are a manager, what can you do to support the employee and ensure the job is done? Figures suggest that more than ten percent of people in the workforce struggle with depression. Both employees and their managers…
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Depression and the Soul

A Guide to Spiritually Integrated Treatment

Depression and the Soul
  • By John R. Peteet.

Published August 2010

In Depression and the Soul, John Peteet proves the old adage that the best physician is also a philosopher. He considers how to approach the problem of depression within a larger context, and reviews current concepts of successful living relative to the heart (emotion and volition), the mind (…
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Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders

From Research to Treatment

Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders
  • Edited by Giancarlo Dimaggio, and Paul H. Lysaker.

Published March 2010

Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition - put simply, thinking about one’s own thought processes - limiting their abilities to recognize, express and manage naturally occurring painful emotions and routine social problems as well as to fathom the…
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