Charles H. Elliot & Elaine Iljon Foreman 
Anxiety and Depression Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition 

Anxiety and depression affect over 10% of the population.
They can become debilitating conditions if not managed carefully so
there are thousands of people looking for advice on how to keep
their symptoms under control. Anxiety & Depression
Workbook For Dummies provides readers with practical exercises
and worksheets to help them analyse their thinking patterns and
overcome the issues that are holding them back. The workbook
format is ideal for those wanting to track their progress and make
positive changes to both their mental and physical health.

Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition
covers:

Part I: Recognising and Recording Anxiety and
Depression

Chapter 1: Spotting the Signs of Anxiety and Depression

Chapter 2: Digging Up the Roots of Your Worries

Chapter 3: Overcoming Obstacles to Change

Chapter 4: Monitoring Your Moods

Part II: Understanding Your Thinking: Cognitive Therapy

Chapter 5: Viewing Things A Different Way

Chapter 6: Challenging and Changing Thoughts

Chapter 7: Seeing Clearly: Gaining A New Perspective

Chapter 8: Maintaining Awareness and Achieving Acceptance

Part III: Taking Action: Behaviour Therapy

Chapter 9: Facing Feelings: Avoiding Avoidance

Chapter 10: Lifting Your Spirits With Exercise

Chapter 11: Taking Pleasure from Leisure

Chapter 12: Just Do It! – Tackling Life’s Problems

Part IV: Feeling It Where It Hurts: Healing the Body

Chapter 13: Taking the Relaxation Route

Chapter 14: Making Your Mind Up About Medication

Part V: Revitalising Relationships

Chapter 15: Working on Relationships

Chapter 16: Smoothing Out Conflict

Part VI: Life Beyond Anxiety and Depression

Chapter 17: Reducing the Risk of Relapse

Chapter 18: Promoting The Positive

Part VII: The Part of Tens

Chapter 19: Ten Helpful Resources

Chapter 20: Ten Terrific Tips

Зміст

Foreword xvii

Introduction 1

Part I: Recognising and Recording Anxiety and Depression 7

Chapter 1: Spotting the Signs of Anxiety and Depression 9

Chapter 2: Digging Down to the Roots of Your Worries 19

Chapter 3: Overcoming Obstacles to Change 31

Chapter 4: Monitoring Your Moods 45

Part II: Understanding Your Thinking: Cognitive Therapy 57

Chapter 5: Viewing Things Differently 59

Chapter 6: Challenging and Changing Thoughts 79

Chapter 7: Seeing Clearly: Gaining a New Perspective 101

Chapter 8: Maintaining Mindfulness and Achieving Acceptance 119

Part III: Taking Action with Behaviour Therapy 131

Chapter 9: Facing Your Fears: Avoiding Avoidance 133

Chapter 10: Lifting Your Spirits through Exercise 151

Chapter 11: Taking Pleasure from Leisure 161

Chapter 12: Tackling Life’s Problems: Just Do It! 171

Part IV: Feeling It Where It Hurts: Healing the Body 185

Chapter 13: Taking the Relaxation Route 187

Chapter 14: Making Up Your Mind about Medication 201

Part V: Revitalising Relationships 209

Chapter 15: Working on Relationships 211

Chapter 16: Smoothing Out Conflict 223

Part VI: Life Beyond Anxiety and Depression 235

Chapter 17: Reducing Your Risk of Relapse 237

Chapter 18: Promoting the Positive 251

Part VII: The Part of Tens 265

Chapter 19: Ten Helpful Resources 267

Chapter 20: Ten Terrific Tips to Boost Your Mood 271

Index 275

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Elaine Iljon Foreman, MSc, is a clinical psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Charles H Elliott, Ph D, and Laura L Smith, Ph D, are clinical psychologists.