
Depression: The Common Sense Approach
Tony Bates(Author)
Gill Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. October 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
116 pages
978-0-7171-2860-0 (ISBN)
Description
Dr Tony Bates approaches the whole area of depression with sympathy, understanding and knowledge. He explains depression, outlines the common and not so common signs, looks briefly at some of the theories that have been put forward to explain it, and provides those affected with the necessary tools to help deal with it.
This is a practical and easily accessible book. The prescriptive chapters will provide sufferers with the help they need to deal with self-defeating behaviours and to change patterns of relating to others that keep them vulnerable to depression. The key message is that clear and compassionate thinking helps build self-esteem and gives us back a trust in ourselves that gets lost when we become depressed. Dr Bates also addresses important issues that are frequently overlooked for partners and families who live with a depressed person.
Other titles in the series The CommonSense Approach include 'Sleep', 'Stress', 'Pregnancy', 'Headaches', 'Addiction' and 'Men's Health'.
This is a practical and easily accessible book. The prescriptive chapters will provide sufferers with the help they need to deal with self-defeating behaviours and to change patterns of relating to others that keep them vulnerable to depression. The key message is that clear and compassionate thinking helps build self-esteem and gives us back a trust in ourselves that gets lost when we become depressed. Dr Bates also addresses important issues that are frequently overlooked for partners and families who live with a depressed person.
Other titles in the series The CommonSense Approach include 'Sleep', 'Stress', 'Pregnancy', 'Headaches', 'Addiction' and 'Men's Health'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
142 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-2860-0 (9780717128600)
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Tony Bates
Depression - The CommonSense Approach
A Clinical Psychologist's Guide to Identifying and Dealing with Depression
E-Book
10/1999
Gill Books
€1.00
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Person
Dr Tony Bates is a clinical psychologist with more than 30 years' experience. He is the Founding Director and CEO of Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, which was established in 2007 to change how Ireland thinks about and supports young people and their mental health. Prior to that, he was the Principal Clinical Psychologist at St James's Hospital, Dublin, and lectured on psychiatry and psychology in Trinity College, Dublin, and University College Dublin. He writes regular articles for the Irish Times on the issue of mental health and frequently appears on radio and television to discuss mental health, depression and suicide.