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Overcoming Depression and low mood is a series of structured self-help workbooks for use by people experiencing depression. The course allows access to the proven Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach to treatment. With reading ages between 11 and 14, each workbook has been designed to offer essential jargon-free information and provides carefully sequenced series of questions designed to bring about change in how the person thinks and in what they do in order to improve how they feel.
The Overcoming Depression course offers a clear model of intervention based on the Five Areas Assessment model of depression.

The books are licensed for unlimited photocopying for use clinically and in teaching.

Content:
Part 1 Understanding why you feel as you do
Starting out … and how to keep going if you feel stuck
Understanding why you feel as you do

Part 2 Making changes
Making changes to do with people and events
Practical problem solving
Being assertive
Building relationships with your family and friends
Information for families and friends - how can you offer the best support?
Making changes to behaviours and activity levels
Doing things that boost how you feel
Using exercise to boost how you feel
Helpful things you can do
Unhelpful things you do
Overcoming anxiety and avoidance
Making changes to negative and upsetting thinking
Noticing and changing extreme and unhelpful thinking
Making changes to things that affect your bodily well-being
Overcoming sleep problems
Alcohol, drugs and you
Understanding and using anti-depressant medication
Making changes for the future
Planning for the future

A proven resource: This book is one of the few self-help books available that has been researched using the gold-standard randomised controlled study design. This found that people using the book with 3-4 short support  support sessions from a support worker were far less depressed, more able to live their lives and had significantly higher well-being than those receiving usual treatment for low mood in general practice.

Reviews of the 2nd edition: Masud Awal in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (2008), 36:248-250 Cambridge University Press
" In summary, I do not think you would go far wrong if you considered this a first port of call when looking for a CBT self-help book on depression".

Price includes free Postage and Packing within the UK!

Not in the UK? You can still order this product - please contact admin@fiveareas.com for additional shipping details.

Living in North America: Both the Overcoming Depression and Anxiety books are available from the OUP website.

The Polish version of the book is available from:
http://www.alfamedica.pl/strony/katalog/opis/?id=230.

Alternative bookshop websites for the Polish edition are:
http://www.medicon.pl/16098.html
and http://www.medbook.com.pl/medhome/product.php?pline=1&code=7817&med_id=b33512e5559de1899411625865e86f11

The Dutch version is available from:
http://www.beslist.nl/boeken/d0000007218/Werken_aan_depressieve_klachten_-_druk_1.html
or http://www.bol.com/nl/p/boeken/werken-aan-depressieve-klachten-druk-1/1001004002527497/index.html

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