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stress and depression resources

 

Anxiety and Phobia Workbook  BOOK
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is a practical and comprehensive guide that offers help to anyone struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, social fears, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, or other anxiety disorders.

Boiling Point   BOOK
In the breakthrough book Boiling Point, Jane Middelton-Moz revealed a pervasive problem in our society: More and more in-dividuals are internalizing their anger, which left uncontrolled, is bursting out sideways in the form of road rage, depression, illness and random acts of violence.

Chronic Depression: Journal of Clinical PsychologyVol 59 BOOK
Chronic forms of depression are more common and imparing than is recognized. Get the latest on these disorders, and how to treat them.

Clinical Hypnosis For Stress And Anxiety Reduction   VIDEO
This video will put the average viewer into a profound relaxing trance. In part one hypnotherapist Bernie Schallehn explains the nature of hypnosis and why it is such a valuable aid to relaxation. In part two, he moves outdoors for an introduction reinforced by panoramic views, nature sounds, music, and skillfully rendered images. 45 min.

Coping With Depression with Mary Ellen Copeland      VIDEO
Depression had a major impact on Mary Ellen Copeland’s life until she achieved long term stability. Based on years of research and hundreds of interviews, the wellness program she describes offers a powerful message of hope for anyone struggling with depression. 60 minutes. 1994

Coping with Stress VIDEO
A certain amount of stress can actually enhance performance and productivity. However, continually high levels of stress have been linked to all of the leading causes of death in America, including heart disease, cancer, and lung ailments. This program analyzes the role of stress in day-to-day life and in overall physical and mental health. Sources of stress are identified, and techniques for managing stress are suggested. Information on how to improve personal communication—a powerful safety valve—is also provided. (30 minutes, color)

Depression: Not a Normal Part of Aging  VIDEO
Aging well might be an ambiguous phrase but it does have meaning, especially for people over 60. This program tells the stories of five vibrantly alive seniors who have successfully navigated through momentous life changes. Their examples highlight important precepts for staying mentally healthy, showing how mental health is a key to successful aging. In interviews and in footage of these men and women engaged in various activities, the program provides useful tips and firsthand advice on planning for retirement, staying active, coping with grief, and making the senior years an age of new discoveries. (57 minutes, color) 

The Depression Workbook   BOOK
Interactive exercises provide guidance to help readers take responsibility for their own wellness and teach essential coping skills, such as tracking and controlling moods, building a support system, increasing self-confidence and self-esteem, avoiding conditions that can exacerbate mood swings, and using relaxation, diet, and exercise to stabilize moods.

Gender Differences in Depression : A Marital Therapy Approach    VIDEO
Under the guidance of Peggy Papp, renowned author and clinician, the Depression Project at the Ackerman Institute for the Family has pioneered a marital therapy approach that addresses the cultural gender "mandates" that predispose men and women to depression and undermine intimate relationships

Lift Your Mood Now:Simples Things You Can Do to Beat the Blues    BOOK
When depression hits, the energy you need to get back on track often disappears. What's wanted is clear, simple suggestions that you let you take small steps forward, in manageable increments. The good news is that this is now available in one compact package.

Loss: How to Overcome Sadness and Depression    BOOK
There are many factors that determine one’s mood or state of mind.Weather, work, personal difficulties, or mental illness can affect our moods. This book provides strategies on how to overcome this common problem.

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace: A Handbook for Organizations and Clinicians    BOOK
Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace is a comprehensive and practical guide to identifying, understanding, preventing, and resolving individual and organizational mental health problems in the workplace.

Overcoming Anxiety     BOOK
This program applies a cognitive-behavioral approach to the problem of anxiety, teaching listeners how to identify triggers and perform anxiety-relieving exercises.
4 audio cassettes (229 minutes total), and manual in folio.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder   VIDEO
This Mental Health video explains the causes and development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Over a period of time, overwhelming shock and/or shocking experiences can cripple your ability to deal effectively in the present day. This problem often develops when people grow up in dysfunctional families. You will see yourself here, and discover that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD) is not something mysterious, and is curable

 Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress :      BOOK
Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress offers the reader an analysis of prostitution and trafficking as organized interpersonal violence. Even in academia, law, and public health, prostitution is often misunderstood as “sex work.” The book’s 32 contributors offer clinical examples, analysis, and original research that counteract common myths about the harmlessness of prostitution.

 The Science of Stress  VIDEO
What is stress and what does it do to us? This program explores the links between stress and illness by staging a day in the life of a lawyer. An endocrinologist, a perinatal psychobiologist, an occupational psychologist, and two psychiatrists observe and.....

Social Anxiety   BOOK
An unavoidable part of everyday life, social anxiety is often the consequence of quite ordinary encounters. Why does it occur? Why are some people more prone to fellings of of anxiety, shyness, and embarrassment in social contexts than other people?

Social Phobia   BOOK
Everyone feels shy or nervous occasionally, but for millions of people even signing a check or eating a sandwich in public evokes enormous anxiety, often leading these people to withdraw entirely from social contact.

Stop Feeling Tired! : 10 Mind-Body Steps to Fight Fatigue and Feel Your Best    BOOK
Experts in cognitive-behavioral psychology and oriental medicine provide an integrative, step-by-step plan that helps readers increase personal energy in a matter of minutes, helps them attain better health, and restores mental and spiritual balance

Stress Hurts! A Wake-up Call for Women VIDEO
Do women have more stress in their lives than men and do they react differently to it? In this program, ABC News correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports on the ways in which stress is much more damaging to women and explores its connection to serious illness, memory loss, weight control, sleep, sexual desire, and depression. Hormone therapy for younger women, especially after childbirth, is discussed, as well as breakthrough research that shows stress can cause dangerous weight gain. Dr. Snyderman looks at how women, unlike men, tend to take their anger out at home rather than in the workplace, and she also offers some essential advice on reducing stress levels in everyday situations. (42 minutes, color)

 

Stress Management VIDEO
Stress Management is a twenty minute video which is part of the series, Back to the Basics.
No more jitters on the first day of work. Back to the Basics is a five-part series designed to introduce young adults to the work world.It addresses the issues of Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution and Etiquette, Communication Skills, Stress Management, and Professional Image.
Specialists in career planning, organizational behavior, and workplace wellness share their advice on how to navigate the business world successfully.

Women & Depression  BOOK
Women are twice as likely as men to experience clinical depression, which affects an estimated 12 percent of the population. Written for the woman who finds herself at an emotional crossroads, Women and Depression addresses the states of anxiety and melancholy accompanying times of stress or upheavel.