The Human Dimension of Depression: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis, Understanding, and Treatment
Martin Kantor | 1992-01-30 00:00:00 | Praeger Publishers | 256 | Depression
This book describes the depressive in his or her natural habitat, studies the everyday problems that cause one's depression, and develops treatment approaches directed to the depressive's real-world plight. It explores the borderland between the sacred and the profane, the academic and the popular, the scientific but impractical and the practical but unscientific. It relies as much on common sense, anecdote, and individual insight as it does on case histories and psychological test protocols. The book is divided into four sections: description, cause, prevention, and treatment.
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The author's expected audience are "the professional, the depressive himself, or the target family and friends who want to help the depressive." p xiv
This book is a vault of information. The information is beneficial to both the therapist and the patient. The contents are broken into 4 parts: Diagnosis, Cause, Prevention, and Treatment. Throughout the book the author's illustrated examples help the reader understand the subject matter.
This is the second book that I have read from this author. He is a great author/teacher.
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Notes worth mentioning:
p 88-91- I learned that therapist may not be right in the section called the "attributes of the Evaluator-Clinician"
p 121- "preventing depression requires: . . .5. Avoiding becoming over reliant on authority. Patients should be informed consumers . . . not entrusting their lives to others without first checking and evaluating their credentials."
p 170 - The author mentions the "harsh realities" between the therapist and the patient.
p 182-183 An interesting directive for the therapist. "The therapist should recognize that potential depressives are sensitive to criticism. This is because . . ."
p 216-218 "Giving Bad Advice" assist the therapist on "recognizing the dark side of some oft-given advice."
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I thought that this book is great. It helped me in finding ways to treat, and prevent it. I thought that this is a great book to read if you have any questions, this is a great find. I highly recommend it.
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