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Overcoming depression: A step-by-step approach to gaining control over depression

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The author "illustrates a systematic program of treatment by which people can monitor their thoughts, learn to recognize negative ways of thinking, then challenge these destructive patterns to promote their own recovery."--Cover.

Abstract: The author "illustrates a systematic program of treatment by which people can monitor their thoughts, learn to recognize negative ways of thinking, then challenge these destructive patterns to promote their own recovery."--Cover

Author(s): Gilbert, Paul
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 382
City: New York
Tags: Depression, Mental.;Cognitive therapy.;Dépression.;Thérapie cognitive.;Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.;Depression -- therapy.

Content: pt. I. Understanding Depression --
1. What is Depression? --
2. Causes of Depression: Biology and Stress --
3. Causes of Depression: How Evolution May Have Shaped Depression --
4. Causes of Depression: Early Life, Psychology and Social Aspects --
pt. II. Learning How to Cope --
5. Initial Steps --
6. Thoughts and Feelings --
7. Challenging Negative Thoughts and Feelings --
8. Styles of Negative Thinking --
9. Self-Bullying and How to Challenge it --
10. Calling Ourselves Names: How Negative Labels Affect Us --
11. Further Methods to Challenge Negative Thoughts --
pt. III. Special Problems Associated with Depression --
12. Approval, Subordination and Bullying --
13. Confronting Shame --
14. Coping with Guilt and Caring Too Much --
15. Coping with Anger --
16. From Anger to Assertiveness and Forgiveness --
17. Dealing with Frustration, Disappointment and Lost Ideals --
18. Perfectionism and Competitiveness, or How the Secret of Success is the Ability to Fail --
19. Summing Up --
App. 1. Monitoring and Challenging Your Thoughts --
App. 2. Quick Guides --
App. 3. Antidepressants --
App. 4. Useful Books and Addresses.