Summary of William J. Knaus's The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression

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#1 Depression is not in charge of your life. You can use the coping skills you learn to defeat depression and become a more effective, resilient, and nondepressed you.

#2 Depression comes from the Latin word depressio, which means to press down and make lower. It is a disorder that can affect anyone. It is estimated that about 19. 7 percent of the US population suffered from a mild to severe depression over a seven-year period in a 2009 study.

#3 Depression has been around for a long time. The Egyptians had paintings of people with depression, and the Greeks thought that depression was a natural but interruptive phase of living.

#4 Diathesis-stress theory is a core principle in Aaron Beck’s theory of depression. You must have both vulnerability for depression and a triggering situation to get depression. The diathesis can be a neurochemical event, negative early experience, or something else. Stress can come from a job loss, divorce, the death of a mate, or an accumulation of hassles.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387831

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Contents

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#1

Depression is not in charge of your life. You can use the coping skills you learn to defeat depression and become a more effective, resilient, and nondepressed you.

#2

Depression comes from the Latin word depressio, which means to press down and make lower. It is a disorder that can affect anyone. It is estimated that about 19. 7 percent of the US population suffered from a mild to severe depression over a seven-year period in a 2009 study.

#3

Depression has been around for a long time. The Egyptians had paintings of people with depression, and the Greeks thought that depression was a natural but interruptive phase of living.

#4

Diathesis-stress theory is a core principle in Aaron Beck’s theory of depression. You must have both vulnerability for depression and a triggering situation to get depression. The diathesis can be a neurochemical event, negative early experience, or something else. Stress can come from a job loss, divorce, the death of a mate, or an accumulation of hassles.

#5

Depression is beyond the limits of the normal sense of disappointment, loss, bereavement, sadness, bad days, holiday blues, or even down moods. It is difficult to bear, and it can feel like the life is sucked out of you.

#6

There are many factors that can lead to depression, and they often run in families. The risk factors for depression include: preoccupations with unrealistic expectations, worry, anxiety, feelings of failure, and anger.

#7

Depression is a complex condition that comes in different forms. It exists on a continuum from mild to very severe, and you are more than the label depression. Knowing the type of depression you face makes a difference in how you approach it.

#8

Depression is a common condition that affects everyone. It is a depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure in nearly all activities. Major depression has a variety of unpleasant symptoms, such as several or more of the following: decreased frustration tolerance, sleep disturbances, appetite disturbances, difficulties paying attention and concentrating, diminished sense of personal worth, self-doubts, and indecisiveness.

#9

Dysthymic depression is a mild depression that lasts for two years or more. It is viewed as mild depression. People with this condition have low productivity and a lower quality of life. They find little pleasure in life, and may feel cranky, irritable, and testy.

#10

The word chronic may be misleading when referring to depression. It may be better to look at the correctable aspects of your depression and see how far you can go. You can change negative thinking, lighten your psychological load, and increase emotional resilience.

#11

adjustment disorder with depression is when a significant and unwanted change, such as divorce, job loss, property loss (theft, hurricane, flood, tornado, and fire), coronary bypass surgery, stock market loss, or betrayal, precipitates a deep depression.

#12

13 percent of women are at increased risk of depression following childbirth. Postpartum depression can be prevented through education and brief psychotherapy.

#13

Seasonal affective disorder