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2018.
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English
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The New York Times bestseller from the author of Chasing the Scream, offering a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.
What really causes depression and anxiety—and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance...
What really causes depression and anxiety—and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance...
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"A moving, portrait of depression, from the host of the podcast The Hilarious World of Depression "This book is an excellent life raft for those of us who are so sure that we are alone in our struggles. You should read it." -Jenny Lawson "A funny, honest book about depression, and what you can do despite it." -Neil Gaiman "Candid and funny and intimate." -Susan Orlean For years John Moe, critically-acclaimed public radio personality and host of The...
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A follow-up to the best-selling The Primal Blueprint draws on the author's evolutionary research to explore genetic reasons behind why people feel depressed and unfulfilled in spite of positive outward circumstances, outlining simple lifestyle strategies for promoting personal contentment.
4) Clementine
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Two years after her sister's tragic death, fourteen-year-old Clementine still struggles with overwhelming guilt and grief and feels disconnected from the world around her.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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What is depression? Is it a persistent low mood or a complex range of symptoms? Is it a single diagnosis or a diversity of mental disorders requiring different treatments? In A Cure for Darkness, science writer Alex Riley explores these questions, digging into the long history of depression and chronicling the lives of psychiatrists and scientists who sought cures for their patients.
6) The bell jar
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The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche...
7) Depression
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Do you want the good, the bad, or the best news first? OK, the bad news is that an estimated 264+ million people worldwide suffer from a depressive illness. The good news is that we know how to defeat these illnesses better than ever before using a growing range of highly effective psychotherapies, medications, and other therapeutic methods that are improving all the time. And the best news: because of these advances, the majority of people no longer...
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“Extraordinary. . . . Both therapist and patient will benefit hugely from reading this book.” —Deepak Chopra
“Exactly what this over-medicated country needs right now.” —Christine Northrup, M.D., author of The Wisdom of Menopause
Despite the billions spent on prescription anti-depressant drugs and psychotherapy, people everywhere continue to grapple with depression. James...
“Exactly what this over-medicated country needs right now.” —Christine Northrup, M.D., author of The Wisdom of Menopause
Despite the billions spent on prescription anti-depressant drugs and psychotherapy, people everywhere continue to grapple with depression. James...
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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In our increasingly stressful world, it's easy for anyone to feel overwhelmed. But for people with depression, overwhelm can be devastating. Written by an all-star team of self-help experts and authors, this compilation gives readers quick relief for their worst depression symptoms. Readers will learn fast-acting techniques-grounded in mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and behavioral activation-to...
10) Imagine me gone
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When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. What follows is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic, and the story of how, over the span of decades, his younger siblings-the responsible Celia...
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"Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matts inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it."
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Turner
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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Calificada ya como la enfermedad del siglo xx y debido a los estragos que causa en la población, la depresión constituye un padecimiento de alto riesgo que puede resultar mortal si no se le atiende a tiempo, como demuestra el alza alarmante de suicidios registrada en el mundo. Víctima de esta afección, el escritor mexicano Mauricio Montiel Figueiras ha decidido compartir su experiencia ya que, según apunta, “hay que armarse de valor para alzar...
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Trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world, young Hong Kong-based scientist Lily Barnes, as the human race dwindles due to a "depression plague," comes across something that could lead to happiness and journeys through time and space to find out.
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Twelve
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Breaking Through Depression explores how the anatomy of the brain and the biochemistry of nerve impulses play a major role in how we view ourselves and the world. Drawing from his long-term research, Dr. Philip Gold makes the case for depression arising at the intersection of genetic vulnerability with stressful, disturbing life experiences that get encoded in our emotional memory. Breaking Through Depression will delve into the interplay between...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day. His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. His dad wants to go outside and play, Mom tells her funniest joke, and his little sister shares her favorite teddy. Nothing helps. But one by one, they get quiet and begin to listen. After some time, space, and reassurance, Coen is able to show them what he needs"--
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"This book offers relatable situations and strategies to guide teens struggling with mental health-including identifying signs of struggle, recognizing stress factors, and offering strategies to escape harmful mental habits which can leave individuals feeling vulnerable, helpless, or in despair"--
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During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia...
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Sarah Zabel Enterprises, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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This book takes the reader inside the circuitous search for the causes and cures for depression, the leading cause of ill health and disability world-wide. A surprisingly human tale of failed experiments and unanticipated victories, the author reveals many of the people and experiences behind the modern approach to understanding and treating depression.
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HarperVia
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"WINNER OF THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A playful, feminist, and utterly original epic about a family-especially its inimitable octogenarian matriarch-in northern India. An eighty-year-old woman, Ma, slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband. Despite her family's cajoling, she refuses to get up from bed. Her responsible eldest son, Bade, and dutiful, Reebok-sporting daughter-in-law, Bahu, flit around trying to attend to Ma's...
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ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2025.
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English
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Depression is a mental illness. In a mental illness, the organ that is not working properly is the brain. Like what other illnesses do, a mental illness affects a person's everyday life. Depression can affect people in different ways. A mental health professional has to evaluate a person's behavior and thoughts before diagnosing whether that person has depression. Once that happens, treatment can begin.
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