MOVING BEYOND DEPRESSION - Softcover

Jantz, Gregory L.; McMurray, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877880336 ISBN 13: 9780877880332

Publisher: Shaw Books, 2003

Synopsis

You Can Hope Again

You may feel as if you will never find a way out of the darkness of depression. Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D. believes that because people’s paths into depression are uniquely their own, their paths out of depression will be unique as well. In Moving Beyond Depression, he takes an insightful and honest look at the emotional, environmental, relational, physical, and spiritual causes of this disease. Here you will find practical help that will lead you to true freedom.

About this title

About the Author

Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D. is the bestselling author of numerous books including Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders. He is the founder and executive director of The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, Inc., a leading mental health and chemical dependency treatment facility with three clinics in the Seattle, Washington area. Dr. Jantz and his wife, LaFon, have two sons, Gregg and Benjamin. Please visit Gregg at www.aplaceofhope.com.

Ann McMurray is a freelance writer living in Mountlake Terrace, Washington who has worked with Gregg over the last ten years on several book projects. Ann and her husband, Tad, have two children, Joel and Lindsay.

From Publishers Weekly

"There is no one answer for depression and no single path to recovery," writes Jantz, a psychologist. Because depression can arise from a myriad of factors-physical, relational, financial, environmental, hormonal or spiritual-it doesn't make sense to treat it with a one-size-fits-all system, he insists. Jantz weighs the pros and cons of counseling and medication, and is sharply critical of the recent trend to dispense with counseling in favor of "a pharmaceutical solution." He advocates a whole-person approach to overcoming depression, a program that is tailored to the patient's individual needs and circumstances. While medication is one avenue, it should be used cautiously. (This is a theme throughout the book; Jantz spends a section outlining how numerous medications for physical illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes can foster depression as an unintended side effect.) The book includes a twelve-week "personal recovery plan" with practical suggestions and notes on keeping a journal.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Shaw Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0877880336
• ISBN 13: 9780877880332
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208