Coping with Depression by Jon G Allen
Distilling years of experience in educating psychiatric patients and their families about depression, Jon Allen has written a practical book that addresses the challenges depressed patients face on the road to recovery. Allen advocates approaching depression by focusing on the importance of hope, and he helps patients understand depression through two simple ideas: catch-22 and stress pileup.Allen's excellent book is written for individuals who want to better understand their own depressive illness; however, his overview of the current research is sophisticated enough to benefit even seasoned clinicians who work with mood disorders. . . Allen's chapter on the changes in brain functioning with depression is masterful. The complex terrain and activity of the brain is described in a focused style that provides relevant and illuminating detail.
* PsycCRITIQUES *[Allen] masterfully walks through a variety of topics, like genetic predisposition, early childhood development, and stress as contributors to depression. . . . He gently exposes the patient's responsibility for change as a reason for hope rather than self-blame. Allen uses the most recent research on chronic depression and communicates it in a user-friendly way. The clinician can trust that the volume offers the patient the best available information in a sensitive manner.
* Doody's Book Review Service *Jon G. Allen, Ph.D., holds the Helen Malsin Palley Chair in Mental Health Research and is Professor of Psychiatry in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine; he is also Senior Staff Psychologist in The Menninger Clinic. He is the author of Coping With Trauma: Hope through Understanding, now in its second edition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781585622115 |
| ISBN 10 | 1585622117 |
| Title | Coping with Depression |
| Author | Jon G Allen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Year published | 2006-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 341 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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