4th Edition

Overcoming Depression and Low Mood A Five Areas Approach, Fourth Edition

By Chris Williams Copyright 2015
366 Pages 151 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

366 Pages 151 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

366 Pages 151 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Depression affects many people at some point in their lives. Fortunately, we now know that by changing certain thoughts and behaviour patterns you can greatly improve how you feel. Overcoming Depression and Low Mood: A Five Areas Approach explains how low mood can affect your life. It helps you understand why you sometimes feel low, anxious, angry, or guilty. It also teaches proven practical... Read more

UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU FEEL AS YOU DO

Starting Out ... and How to Keep Going if You Feel Stuck

MAKING CHANGES

Practical Problem Solving

Being Assertive

Building Relationships with Your Family and Friends

Information for Families and Friends – How Can You Offer the Best Support?

Doing Things that Boost How You Feel

Using Exercise to Boost How You Feel

Helpful Things You Can Do

Unhelpful Things You Do

Noticing Extreme and Unhelpful Thinking

Changing Extreme and Unhelpful Thinking

Overcoming Sleep Problems

Alcohol, Drugs and You

Understanding and Using Antidepressant Medication

Planning for the Future

Biography

Chris Williams is a professor of psychosocial psychiatry and honorary consultant psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow, UK. His main clinical and research interest is in the evaluation of self-help approaches that provide wider access to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approaches. Dr. Williams developed the Five AreasTM approach, and his books and resources are used nationally in the UK through NHS Direct, NHS Choices and NHS24 and internationally in a series of major projects.