Undoing Depression What Therapy Doesnt Teach You and Medication Cant Give You by Richard O Connor
Brand: Little, Brown Spark
Product Description
The bestselling approachable guide that has inspired thousands of readers to manage or overcome depression fully revised and updated for life in the 21st century. Depression rates around the world have skyrocketed in the 20plus years since Richard OConnor first published his classic book on living with and overcoming depression. Nearly 40 million American adults suffer from the condition which affects nearly every aspect of life from relationships to job performance physical health productivity and of course overall happiness. And in an increasingly stressful and overwhelming world its more important than ever to understand the causes and effects of depression and what we can do to overcome it. In this fully revised and updated edition which includes updated information on the power of mindfulness the relationship between depression and other diseases the risks and side effects of medication depressions effect on thinking and the benefits of exercise Dr. OConnor explains that like heart disease and other physical conditions depression is fueled by complex and interrelated factors genetic biochemical environmental. But Dr. OConnor focuses on an additional factor that is often overlooked our own habits. Unwittingly we get good at depression. We learn how to hide it and how to work around it. We may even achieve great things but with constant struggle rather than satisfaction. Relying on these methods to make it through each day we deprive ourselves of true recovery of deep joy and healthy emotion. Undoing Depression teaches us how to replace depressive patterns with a new and more effective set of skills. We already know how to do depressionand we can learn how to undo it. With a truly holistic approach that synthesizes the best of the many schools of thought about this painful disease and a critical eye toward medications OConnor offers new hopeand new lifefor sufferers of depression. show more
Condition : New
Author : Richard O Connor
Weight : 460.19
Publisher : Little Brown Spark
Language : English
EAN : 9780316261166
ISBN10 : 0316261165
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20150924
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 140 X 210 X 25mm