Identifies six reasons why most women experience "healthy depressions" and utilizes the latest research on women's depression to discuss inherited depression, when others damage one's self-esteem, and which movie videos can empower. Original.
"Chances are, you've been depressed over the past week. It's part of the reality of being female in the 1990s. In fact, nationally recognized expert on depression Dr. Ellen McGrath identifies six reasons that most women experience "healthy depressions"--appropriate responses to the unhealthy culture we live in. Knowing about these factors can change--or save--your life. By utilizing the latest research on women's workshops. Dr. McGrath brings you diagnostic quizzes that help you discover the forces in your life that bring you down. Then she provides a program of exciting, effective exercises that can break your cycles of feeling bad--forever. Don't wait. Find out:
How vulnerable you are to inherited depression.
How to determine who is your life is damaging your self-esteem.
Hoe some carefully selected movie videos can empower you.
Who contributes to women's body-image depressions, and how to fight back.
How a four-stage plan can transform your relationships. What biochemical and hormonal changes can trigger "unhealthy" depressions--and what to do when they happen.
Why stress can deepen depression--and how you can combat its depleting power.
And more.
"A lifetime reference for women of all ages and stages...The imaginative action strategies...turn out to be fun rather than a chose."--Gail Sheehy, author of Passages