Managing the Depression Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together

By Ashley L. Peterson

Managing the Depression Puzzle provides a comprehensive, everything-up-to-and-including-the-kitchen-sink look at how to manage mental illnesses involving depression (including bipolar disorder). A wide variety of different strategies are presented, and they're broken down into illness treatment and wellness promotion approaches; both are important, but they're not interchangeable pieces of the depression puzzle. Every individual's depression is unique, and the pieces that fit in the puzzle of every individual's illness will be just as unique.
Topics covered include medications, somatic treatments like electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), psychotherapy, supplements and herbal products, activation, mindfulness, self-care, and more. Elements of the depression experience like treatment resistance, stigma, decision-making around disclosure, and identity management are also discussed.
Managing the Depression Puzzle draws on the author's education and experience as a mental health nurse and former pharmacist, as well as personal experience living with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. The approach is pragmatic, candid, and realistic about the potential usefulness of different interventions. Knowing your options puts you in the best position to manage your illness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1999000846
• ISBN13: 9781999000844
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Mental Health @ Home Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"