Author : Ashley L. Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999000844
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Book Synopsis Managing the Depression Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together by : Ashley L. Peterson
Download or read book Managing the Depression Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together written by Ashley L. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the Depression Puzzle provides a comprehensive, holistic look at how to manage depression, including bipolar depression and schizoaffective disorder. While the term holistic is often used to refer only to alternative therapies, here holistic is used to cover everything up to and including the kitchen sink in order to target as many different aspects of depression as possible. Both illness treatment strategies and wellness promotion strategies are covered, including medications, somatic treatments like transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), psychotherapy, supplements and herbal products, activation, mindfulness, self-care, and more. Elements of the depression experience like stigma, decision-making around disclosure, and identity management are also discussed. Managing the Depression Puzzle draws on the author's training and experience as a mental health nurse and former pharmacist, as well as personal experience living with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. The approach is pragmatic, candid, and very much anti-BS. The book is written from the perspective that every individual's depression is unique, and the pieces that fit in the puzzle of every individual's illness will be just as unique.