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What is depression?

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The New Psychology of Depression
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Depression is expected to impose the second biggest health burden globally by 2020; greater even than heart disease, arthritis and many forms of cancer. Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss the driving forces behind this startling trend.

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How is depression treated?

Doctors and psychiatrists once believed that patterns of thinking played little or no role in depression, but this is now known to be wrong. Professor Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss how the treatment of depression has evolved in recent years.
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Depression tends to return even if it has been successfully treated. Scientists now understand why this happens and have developed therapies that reduce the risks of relapse and help lift the burden of depression should it return.
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The New Psychology of Depression
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Mark Williams
Danny Penman
Keywords
depressed
anxiety
psychology
depression
mindfulness
Department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Date Added: 21/10/2011
Duration: 00:31:36

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