Through them you will be able to understand and manage the disorder of depression. Do you know of any other mental health books that you would like to share?
- Depression (Doesn’t) Exist (2020)
The Colombian journalist Juan Carlos Rincón Escalante and the Colombian artist Cecilia Ramos Valencia created this book to explain in a simple and illustrated way to those who wish to learn how to not cause harm when they talk about depression. If you know someone who is depressed, if you suffer from depression, or if you want to understand how to be more empathetic when listening to the ailments of others, this book is for you.
- Cognitive therapy for depression
The American psychiatrist and professor Aaron T. Beck published this book in 1978 as a result of many years of research and clinical practice, a collaboration between multiple people: classicists, researchers and patients. It compiles the experiences and suggestions, in the form of treatment manuals, provided by people during different conferences held at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- The good thing about having a bad day: How to take care of our emotions to be better
Anabel González, Spanish psychiatrist and psychotherapist, offers this emotional survival guide that will help whoever reads it to better manage emotions and learn to live with the bad moments, with the bad days.
- Living the crisis fully (1990)
Retired professor of medicine Jon Kabat-Zinn provides, through this book, a stress reduction program based on mindfulness, but; In addition, it gives rise to a completely new field of medicine and psychology: it teaches how to use medically proven body practices derived from meditation and yoga to counteract the effects of stress, restore our body and mind balance, and stimulate well-being and the healing.
This is positive, considering that stress can deplete our energy reserves, undermine health and even shorten our life, making us more vulnerable to anxiety, depression and illness.
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- Depression in children and adolescents (2013)
The specialist in child psychopathology, Victoria del Barrio, and the professor of Personality Psychology, psychological evaluation and treatment, Miguel Ángel Carrasco, present in this book the main updated content that research has accumulated over the last fifty years on childhood and adolescent depression.
As a guide for parents, educators and mental health professionals, it also includes practical actions for the prevention and intervention of this emotional disturbance through specific and concrete actions.
- Emotional Healing: Ending Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs or Psychoanalysis (2010)
The French doctor, neuroscientist, writer and professor of psychiatry, David Servan-Schreiber, presents seven particularly effective healing methods, some of them totally unknown to the general public: neuroemotional integration through eye movements (EMDR), regularization of the heart rhythm to control emotions, synchronization of biological clocks, acupuncture, physical exercise, contribution of ‘omega-3’ fatty acids and affective communication techniques.