ISBN: 0044406800
Godina izdanja: 1990
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Angela Smyth - SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder: Winter Depression - Who Gets it, What Causes it and How to Cure it
Unwin Health, 1990
274 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro
In cosultation with prof. Chris Thompson.

An examination of `seasonal affective disorder` (SAD), an illness caused by lack of light during winter. This book contains case histories and a self-help programme which should help combat the illness, including practical information on how to go about getting light treatment.

Contents
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE Professor C. Thompson
FOREWORD Jennifer Eastwood
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
1 What is SAD?
2 From Hibernation to Depression
3 Seeing the Light
4 Light Starvation
5 Treatment of the Future
PART TWO
6 Understanding SAD
PART THREE SELF-HELP SAD PROGRAMME
7 Self-Diagnosis
8 Light Therapy
9 Anti-Depressant Medication
10 Talking and Relaxation Therapy
11 Fighting Depression
12 Winter Eating
13 Regulating Sleep
14 Spring Fever
15 Daylight Exercise
16 The Indoor Environment
17 Living With a SAD Sufferer
RESOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY

HOW DO YOU FEEL IN WINTER?
Does your mood drop-do you lie in bed, unable to drag yourself out on cold, dark mornings - does your energy plummet, carrying you into the depths of depression do you crave comfort foods to take you through the day?
If your answer is `yes` to most of these questions, it is likely that you are suffering from a medically recognised illness which occurs only in winter. Doctors call it `seasonal affective disorder or SAD for short. Hundreds of thousands of people suffer each year from SAD, but they needn`t.
In this important new book, Angela Smyth explains what seasonal affective disorder is, how to recognise the symptoms and cure the condition, yourself
SAD
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Foreword by Jennifer Eastwood of the SAD Association
Explains how doctors discovered that the illness is caused by lack of sunlight and can be cured easily by phototherapy light treatment
Describes how to use light therapy, simply, at home and clear up symptoms within five days
Provides a complete self-help programme with a detailed questionnaire to help identity symptoms and plan treatment
Includes case histories from women and men who have suffered with SAD and used the light treatment programme
DON`T BE SAD THIS WINTER, SEE THE LIGHT!


Nonfiction, Psychology, Depression, Mental health, 0044406800