Lifting Your Depression

by McLeod, Malcolm Noell, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781591201649
• ISBN10: 1591201640
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-15
• Publisher: Basic Health Pubns

Summary

Lifting Depression is a Basic Health Books publication.

Table of Contents

To the Reader	vii
Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
PART ONE Coping with Depression
Life Is a Burden	3	(5)
Recognizing a Disorder	8	(5)
Looking for Causes	13	(6)
Formulating a Treatment Plan	19	(4)
Taking the Back Roads	23	(3)
The Long Way Home	26	(5)
Murder of the Senses	31	(6)
PART TWO Finding One of Nature's Secrets
A Ray of Light	37	(5)
A Miracle in Nature	42	(5)
Needle in a Haystack	47	(5)
Land Ahoy	52	(9)
Elizabeth: A Careful Observer	61	(5)
Do No Harm	66	(8)
Sara: Lost and Wounded	74	(7)
Giving Sorrow Words	81	(8)
PART THREE From Observation to Explanation
A Prepared Mind	89	(4)
A Lock and a Key	93	(6)
Sadness and Long Sorrow	99	(10)
PART FOUR A Beautiful New Vista
An Undergraduate in Experience	109	(14)
Joseph: Insulin Resistance Syndrome	123	(10)
The Sky Turns Clear and Blue	133	(7)
Help from Experts	140	(6)
Proof	146	(7)
PART FIVE There, and Back Again
A Grateful Psychiatrist	153	(9)
Where It All Began	162	(4)
Our Paths Crossed for a Moment	166	(7)
Putting It All Together	173	(8)
Appendices	181	(10)
Glossary	191	(2)
Internet Resources	193	(4)
References	197	(10)
Index	207