Overcoming Mood Swings: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques (Overcoming Series, 4) - Softcover

Scott, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081479792X ISBN 13: 9780814797921

Publisher: NYU Press, 2001

Synopsis

Most people know what it is like to experience extreme high or low spirits. For some individuals, however, violent mood swings can seriously disrupt their lives, either because they happen too frequently or because they are accompanied by other symptoms of depression or mania.Overcoming Mood Swings is a self-help manual for those who have experienced intense mood swings. It offers tried and tested techniques to help readers to identify and then manage their mood swings more effectively. It also provides background information on depression and mania.The volume includes an introduction to the origins and nature of sudden changes of emotion. It contains a complete self-help program, using clinically proven cognitive therapy methods, as well as work sheets to help readers to track their progress.

About this title

About the Author

Jan Scott is an internationally renowned expert in the use of cognitive therapy in the treatment of depression. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapists, and a trustee of the Mental Health Foundation. She is currently head of the Psychiatry Department at the Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow.

Edition details

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081479792X
• ISBN 13: 9780814797921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1