Eating, Drinking, Overthinking The Toxic Triangle of Food, Alcohol, and Depression--and How Women Can Break Free

by Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780805082609
• ISBN10: 0805082603
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-26
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Summary

A noted expert on women and depression offers a guide to balancing women's relationship to eating, alcohol, and overthinking Based on extensive original research,Eating, Drinking, Overthinkingis the first book to show women how they can navigate the often painful and destructive worlds of the title. While it is widely known that women suffer from depression in disproportionately large numbers, what is less well known is the extent to which many women use food and alcohol to regulate their moods. Integrating the insights of her popular first book, Women Who Think Too Much, Yale psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema has written a pathbreaking and highly readable account of the ways in which eating, drinking, and overthinking, can wreak havoc on women's emotional well-being, physical health, relationships, and careers. AsEating, Drinking, Overthinkingreveals, the coping strategies that lead women into the "toxic triangle" can be turned around to guide them out of it. Instead of letting negative thoughts gain the advantage, Nolen-Hoeksema provides exercises to help women manage their thoughts and maintain a balanced perspective.

Author Biography

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Yale University. She has been conducting award-winning research on women’s mental health for twenty years and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation. She and her research have been profiled on the Today show and in The New York Times.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Toxic Triangle	1	(32)
Just How Toxic the Triangle Is	33	(28)
A Woman's Place	61	(26)
Our Bodies Conspire against Us	87	(24)
Thinking Our Way into the Toxic Triangle	111	(22)
Transforming Vulnerabilities into Strengths	133	(30)
Moving toward a Healthier You	163	(36)
Channeling Our Daughters' Strengths	199	(28)
Resources	227	(6)
Notes	233	(14)
Acknowledgments	247	(2)
Index	249