Dealing With Depression: Practical Steps To Understanding And Overcoming It

- All about antidepressants and complementary therapies
- Techniques for coping and relaxing
- Benefits of counselling and psychotherapy
- Advice for families and colleagues

Are you sad or feeling low? Do you wake at 3 in the morning and find you can't get back to sleep? Do you have a poor appetite and a loss of libido? Have you been diagnosed as suffering from depression? Are you worried you may be depressed?

We tend to try and keep our depression to ourselves. Yet it is estimated that one in four adults is affected at some time in their lives.

So, what is depression, why is it soaring to epidemic proportions, and what can you do about it? In this book, respected expert Dr Caroline Shreeve answers all your questions and describes how to recognise the symptoms. She also explains the most effective ways to help you overcome your depression, from antidepressants to counselling or complementary therapies, exploring the pros and cons of each.

Packed with case histories, exercises and practical suggestions, this is the ideal self-help manual for anyone who thinks they might be depressed, and for the people around them.