Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

by Dr Pamela Stephenson Connolly (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $4.01

  Have you ever felt blue? Do you turn to food for comfort? Are you unable to sleep despite overwhelming exhaustion? You are not alone. 154 million people globally suffer depression, which is just the tip of the mental illness iceberg. The vast majority receive no treatment, due to an immense lack of specialists, resources and understanding. But this doesn't mean you have to suffer in silence. HEAD CASE gives you the clinical expertise, without the professional jargon. Dr Pamela Connolly offers simple self-assessment tools and down-to-earth information on a wide range of mental health problems. She explains everything that can go wrong with your mind, and sets out easy steps to start feeling better straight away. HEAD CASE is the most comprehensive book of its kind, covering everything from mood, personality and sleep disorders to anxiety, trauma and addiction. It addresses the effect of childhood experiences on later life, and how to deal with issues from the past. It is a helpful, practical and positive guide that will inspire readers to make manageable steps towards a more joyful life.

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.25

  Pamela Stephenson shows you how to free yourself of psychological pain and move on to well-deserved happiness in this true follow-up to the bestselling biography Billy , which triggered an overwhelming outpouring from readers suffering from mental health problems. As many as 40 per cent of the British public will undergo these difficulties - such as anguish, depression, anxiety - at some time in their lives, many of which are rooted in childhood trauma. Pamela Stephenson sets out the necessary steps towards freeing oneself from unhealthy constraints of the mind and moving on to enjoy a playful, celebratory life. She shows how early psychological events, as well as biologically-determined traits, affect our adult lives, and suggests courses of action to first work through the past and then leave it where it belongs. Making the jargon of professionals accessible to all, with simple self-diagnosis tools and down-to-earth information about a wide range of mental conditions, she offers a helpful, practical and positive guide that will inspire readers to take manageable steps towards a more joyful life.