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Informationen zum Autor Damien Ridge is a reader in Integrated Health at the University of Westminster, following positions as Senior Research Fellow at City University London and Senior Qualitative Researcher at Oxford University. He has been a specialist qualitative researcher for over 15 years, with expertise in understanding how people give meaning to recovering from mental health problems. He is widely published in leading scientific journals, including Social Science & Medicine and Sociology of Health & Illness. Damien lives in Brixton and is a regular meditation and yoga practitioner. Zusammenfassung The book explores people's experiences of depression! recovery and available treatments. Ridge explains how! by selecting a variety of 'narrative tools'! such as talking therapies! people can take control of their condition. By choosing more helpful narratives! they can gain a greater insight into depression! self-management and long-term recovery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Preface: About this Book. 1. Introduction. 2. Life Prior to a Diagnosis. 3. The Experience of Depression. 4. Recovering from Depression. 5. Medical Tools. 6. Non-Medical Recovery Tools. 7. Health Professionals as Recovery Allies. 8. Talking Therapies. 9. Summing It Up. Appendix: Participant Biographical Details. References. Recommended Reading. List of Boxes. List of Case Studies. Subject Index. Author Index.
