Overview


Depression is a common disorder, but it is surrounded by ignorance, fear and prejudice.

As a clinical psychologist, Gwendoline Smith has worked with many depressed people, but it wasn't until she suffered depression herself that she fully appreciated how these factors can prevent effective treatment. In Depression Explained, she faces these issues and combines personal experience, clinical information and common-sense advice for all those who have to deal with depression, including post-partum and adolescent depression.

 

Contents

CHAPTER 1 : What it is, Why it is and How to Spot it.
CHAPTER 2 : Images of Psychiatry
CHAPTER 3 : Psychiatrists are Doctors too
CHAPTER 4 : Whose Couch is it Anyway?!
CHAPTER 5 : Pine, Honeysuckles and Water Violets
CHAPTER 6 : “...and the Kneebone's Connected to the Thighbone”
CHAPTER 7 : The Forgotten Link
CHAPTER 8 : Cry Baby Cry
CHAPTER 9 : Husbands Matter Too
CHAPTER 10 : More that Just a Phase
CHAPTER 11 : Why wouldn't I be depressed?
CHAPTER 12 : A Family Affair
CHAPTER 13 : When I'm Sixty-four
CHAPTER 14 : You've Got a Friend