Have you ever wondered, Why am I so negative? or Why is my life so chaotic? Whether or not your parent was ever formally diagnosed with depression, you've probably always known there was something different about your upbringing. And even though you've grown up and moved on, you may still feel the after-effects of living with your parent's illness. In Children of the Depressed, a depression expert helps adult children understand and overcome common...

Loss has left Ella Spinner alone to care for her husband, Bart, who suffers from clinical depression. Their days now echo the tides: any progress made, rolls back. Yet Ella keeps pushing against the monotony. Set in Mossel Bay, Ella's day begins like any other. But on this day the minutes begin to crack allowing change to filter through. As we cheer on her tenacity, we're left asking ourselves what motivates anyone to try again.

"Written by a leading expert in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this workbook offers powerful, evidence-based skills to improve your mental health, so you can get back to living your life! Have you been struggling with sadness, worry, stress, or even insomnia? You certainly aren't alone. As our world becomes an increasingly uncertain place, many people are discovering that they need help managing depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns....

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, "user-friendly" technology, and the culture of convenience are producing disorders that range from depression to attention deficit disorder to borderline personality disorder. Byung-Chul Han interprets the spreading malaise as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity...

"Failure is a sinister song. One that Melody Myere is all too familiar with. The only child of an acclaimed ghost hunter couple, Melody's First Sacred Hunt should have been a walk in the park. All she needed to do was catch a ghost, like she's done all her life. But when an unexpected wraith showed up causing havoc, Melody was left scarred and embarrassed. Suffering from depression and PTSD post-hunt, Melody relocates to the sleepy island town of...

Presents a superhero-based introduction to acceptance and commitment therapy, offering guidance on conquering such "super-villains" as anxiety, depression, and shame, and providing advice on finding one's unique superpower.

"In this provocative book, Edward Shorter describes how in the 19th century patients with anxiety, fatigue and unable to sleep and obsess about the whole thing were considered "nervous," and when they lost control it was a "nervous breakdown." Then psychiatry turned its back on the whole concept of nerves, and--first under the influence of Freud's psychoanalysis and then the influence of the pharmaceutical industry--the diagnosis of depression took...

"In the U.S., major depressive disorder afflicts more than 20 million adults and children every year. Living with Depression details the various forms and manifestations of depression alongside Serani's own personal and professional experiences with depression. Clinical definitions, updated research, and the promise of science serve not only as a resource guide for anyone who has depression or loves someone with this disorder, but also as a testament...

"Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. When his life took him to a painfully dark place, Jarod K. Anderson found comfort and redemption in these facts and the massive shift in perspective that comes from paying a new kind of attention to nature. This book tells the story of the darkest stretch of a young man's life, and how deliberate and meditative encounters with plants and animals helped him see the light at every...

"Explores what life is like for people living with depression. It discusses treatment for depression and how people with it cope with their mental health issues"--