Managing your mind the mental fitness guide

This is the long-awaited second edition to what has been hailed as a "bedside bible of sound advice and well-proven treatment methods" for achieving good mental health.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Butler, Gillian, 1942- author (author), Hope, Tony, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press 2007.
Edición:Second edition
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798020306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. What to Expect from This Guide
  • 2. The Scientific Background
  • PART ONE: TWO PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING MENTAL FITNESS
  • 3. Valuing Yourself
  • 4. Recognizing That You Can Change
  • PART TWO: THE SEVEN BASIC SKILLS
  • 5. Managing Yourself and Your Time
  • 6. Facing the Problem
  • 7. Treating Yourself Right
  • 8. Problem-Solving: A Strategy for Change
  • 9. Keeping Things in Perspective: Help from Cognitive Therapy
  • 10. Building Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
  • 11. Learning How to Relax
  • PART THREE: HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
  • 12. The Importance of Relationships
  • 13. The First Key to Good Relationships: Be Fair to Yourself and to Others
  • 14. The Second Key to Good Relationships: Recognizing Voices from the Past
  • 15. The Third Key to Good Relationships: Relationships as Systems
  • 16. Anger in Relationships
  • 17. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships
  • PART FOUR: THE TWIN ENEMIES OF GOOD MOOD
  • Anxiety
  • 18. Getting the Better of Anxiety and Worry, or Defeating the Alarmist
  • 19. Overcoming Fears and Phobias
  • 20. Stress: How to Live with the Right Amount of It
  • 21. Dealing with Panic: Controlling the Alarm System
  • Depression
  • 22. Depression-The Common Cold of the Mind
  • 23. Digging Yourself Out of Depression
  • 24. How to Become Less Vulnerable to Depression
  • PART FIVE: TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE
  • 25. Loss and Bereavement
  • 26. Dealing with the Past
  • 27. Recent Traumatic Events and Their Aftermath
  • PART SIX: MIND AND BODY
  • 28. Breaking Habits and Stopping Smoking
  • 29. Averting Problems with Alcohol
  • 30. Overcoming Sleep Problems
  • 31. Good Eating Habits
  • PART SEVEN: THE WORKING MIND
  • 32. The Fundamentals of Effective Study
  • 33. Key Study Skills: Reading, Taking Notes, and Using the Material.
  • 34. How to Improve Your Memory: Part 1:The Palest Ink and Other External Memory Aids
  • 35. How to Improve Your Memory: Part 2: Internal Memory Aids
  • 36. Making Decisions
  • 37. Thinking Straight
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index
  • A
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  • D
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  • F
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