Help yourself towards mental health / Courtenay Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Courtenay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (582 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive guide to how an individual can help themselves resolve a wide variety of ordinary, everyday life problems and improve their mental health.'This is an extensive collection of self-help material, which has been written to provide resources to complement self-exploration or professional counselling. The knowledge has been built up through years of working in the field of mental health, listening to patients, and searching for the materials that could make a difference. The skill is in how the handouts have been put together to be easily accessible and helpful, and in a format that

Contents:

Cover

Copy Right

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Introduction

A definition of "mental health

Stepped care and self-help

Basic information

Self-help for stress

Stress and modern life

Fitting exercise into your life

Different types of exercise

Relaxation

Meditation and mindfulness

Symptoms of stress

Other anti-stress exercises

Stress and life events

Self-help for depression

Working with depression

Foods for depression

Somatic aspects of depression

Different views of depression

Emotional expression in depression

Basic working principles for depression

A bit about anti-depressant drugs

Negative emotions

Thoughts and moods in depression

Thinking distortions in depression

Common irrational belief systems

How to change your negative thinking

Your inner process

Points to remember

About anxiety

Social anxiety

Panic attacks

Working with panic attacks

Phobias

General anxiety disorder

Introducing issues of self-esteem

Improving self-esteem

Becoming more assertive

An overview of what works

Self-awareness

Legitimate needs

Asserting yourself

Responding to criticism

Bereavement and grieving

Having to care for others

Information for carers and families

Parents at home, parents at work

Relationship issues

Relationship difficulties

Divorce and separation

Anger management

Sleep issues

Problems at work

Weight, body image, and eating issues

Chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis [ME], or fibromyalgia, or post-viral fatigue syndrome)

Twelve-step programmes

Trauma and post traumatic stress disorder

Self-harm

Money worries

Ageing issues

Travel

Natural health

The path to mental health

The road to change

Wider and different perspectives

Sources of information

REFERENCES.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-472).

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Young, Courtenay, Help yourself towards mental health.

ISBN:

0-429-91447-4

9780429896995

0-429-47547-0

1-282-77934-6

9786612779343

1-84940-796-7

9780429475474

OCLC:

723944239