Coping With Depression by Dr Costas Papageorgiou, Dr Hannah Goring -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Series Foreword An introduction to this guide 1. A journey in and out of depression: a patient’s perspective

Becoming ill Getting better What worked for me What I learnt about myself Where I am now

2. What is depression and how can you check if you are depressed?

The experience of depression How depression is diagnosed Other types of depression Depression and other mental health problems Depression questionnaire Key points covered in this chapter

3. What are the key facts and figures about depression?

How common is depression? Men, women and depression Depression and other socio-demographic factors Causes of depression Course of depression Consequences of depression Suicide Key points covered in this chapter

4. Changing how you feel by changing your biology: a psychiatrist’s perspective

Normal sadness versus clinical depression The option of taking medication What happens at your first psychiatric consultation Why can medication be necessary? Misgivings about taking medication Taking medication: process and expectations The selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Common side effects of SSRIs What happens after you start taking medication What about Lithium Carbonate? The serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs) The tri-cyclic anti-depressants (TCAs) The monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) Recovery from depression and maintenance medication Final notes on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) Key points covered in this chapter

5. Changing how you feel by changing how you behave

Behavioural theories of depression Behavioural activation Activity monitoring Activity scheduling Values and goals Avoidance Types of avoidance Overcoming avoidance Breaking tasks down into small steps Self-soothing Key points covered in this chapter

6. Changing how you feel by changing what you think

Cognitive theories of depression Beck’s theory of depression Types of thinking biases Learning to talk back to negative automatic thoughts Common difficulties with challenging negative automatic thoughts Behavioural experiments Using behavioural experiments to become more active Key points covered in this chapter

7. Changing how you feel by changing your unhelpful assumptions

Origins of unhelpful assumptions Identifying unhelpful assumptions Challenging unhelpful assumptions Key points covered in this chapter

8. Changing how you feel by changing how you relate

Origins and definition of IPT Goals and characteristics of IPT Therapeutic phases of IPT Grief (complicated bereavement) Interpersonal role disputes Role transitions Interpersonal sensitivity Final phase of IPT Key points covered in this chapter

9. Feeling well, staying well: preventing relapse and recurrence of depression

Brief concluding remarks Notes Appendix 1: Activity chart Appendix 2: Thought record Appendix 3: Downward arrow technique Appendix 4: Problem solving steps Appendix 5: Useful website addresses Further reading Index