Undoing depression : what therapy doesn't teach you and medication can't give you

Summary: Richard O'Connor, a psychotherapist, provides information about depression and skills that can help people learn how to replace depressive patterns of thinking, relating, and behaving with more effective set of skills.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316043410 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 0316043419 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
x, 374 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed., completely rev. and updated.
Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Co., c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-365) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Understanding depression -- The experience of depression -- Diagnosing depression -- Explaining depression -- The world of depression -- Emotions -- Behavior -- Thinking -- Stress and depression -- Relationships -- The body -- The self -- Treating depression medically -- Psychotherapy, self-help, and other means to recovery -- Work and a sense of purpose -- Living, together and apart -- Children and adolescents -- Community -- The rest of the story -- A program for recovery -- Beyond recovery.