The Depression Workbook

Book Description

A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression

The best-selling Depression Workbook offers interactive exercises that help you take responsibility for your own wellness. It teaches you skills you need to cope with depression: tracking and controlling moods; building a support system; increasing self-confidence and self-esteem; avoiding conditions that can exacerbate mood swings; and using relaxation, diet, and exercise to stabilize moods.

This edition includes a chapter that details a step-by-step process to help you develop your own plan for managing depression symptoms and staying well. It also contains an updated list of resources, including an extensive list of helpful Web resources and expanded material on specific treatment strategies. The book includes updated depression resources for mental health professionals.