Introduction to Coping with Depression (An Introduction to Coping series) - Softcover

Brosan, Lee; Hogan, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845292839 ISBN 13: 9781845292836

Publisher: Robinson Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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Depression affects thousands of people in the UK and it can be effectively treated with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Written by experienced practitioners, this introductory booklet explains what depression is and how it makes you feel. It will help the reader to understand their symptoms and is ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy.

How depression develops and what keeps it going.
How to spot and challenge thoughts that maintain your depression
Problem solving and balanced thinking.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr Lee Brosan is a consultant psychologist with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Over a long career she has been Head of the Psychological Treatment Service, Trust Lead for the Development of Psychological Therapies, Clinical Associate at the MRC Cognitive and Brain Science Unit in Cambridge, a founder member of the Cambridge Clinical Research Centre for Affective Disorders, and Associate Lecturer in the Experimental Psychology Department at Cambridge.

Dr Brenda Hogan is a clinical psychologist who previously worked at the Primary Care Psychological Treatment Service in Cambridge. She has since moved to Vancouver, Canada, where she continues her work in psychological assessment and the provision of brief psychological treatment for anxiety and depression. Brenda and her colleagues have created a pioneering service in primary care based on self-help approaches to help alleviate a range of common psychological problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845292839
• ISBN 13: 9781845292836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32