Getting Help: The Complete & Authoritative Guide to Self-Assessment And Treatment of Mental Health Problems [Paperback]

Jeffrey Wood Psy.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2007

A Complete, Definitive Guide to Mental Health Care

Do you have questions about mental health care? You're not alone. Despite solid proof that good mental health care can greatly improve both physical health and quality of life, managed care systems have made mental health care a low priority. Without easy access to professional advice from psychologists and psychiatrists, most of us turn to the Internet or the news media for information about mental health-and what a confusing, seemingly endless jumble that can be!

Now, at last, you can stop guessing about mental health care. Getting Help is a clear and comprehensive guide that will answer all of your questions about mental health conditions, practitioners, and treatments. Equipped with this resource, you'll be in a powerful position to take control of your own mental health care and the care of the people you love.

Everything you need to know about:
• The symptoms and characteristic of common mental health conditions
• Different types of mental health professionals and the services they offer
• Psychotherapeutic and medical treatment methods
• How to choose an approach that is just right for a particular mental health issue

Editorial Reviews

Review

We all must occasionally deal with major upheavals or emotional distress at some points in our lives. These events can cause a host of unexpected feelings and behaviors from depression and panic attacks to major disruptions in sleep or eating. What is the best way to understand these feelings? What is the best way to fix them? Jeff Wood, in his straightforward book Getting Help, provides an excellent guide to both the understanding of symptoms as well as options for treatment. This is the kind of book that should be in the waiting room of every physician, lawyer, or even car mechanic. It is an unbiased, scientifically respectable, and readable manual on understanding and treating mental health issues.
-James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin

From the Publisher

Identify the signs and symptoms of major mental health problems, assess your own mental health problem, learn about proven-effective, most current treatments, find the right therapist, and know what to expect from therapy—all in this comprehensive, authoritative guide to mental health.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (February 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572244755
• ISBN-13: 978-1572244757
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,289,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, chronic pain issues, and personality disorders, using cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and biofeedback.

Dr. Wood can be reached at www.drjeffreywood.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suzann Kettler, LCSW, May 14, 2007

By 

Suzann Kettler - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Getting Help: The Complete & Authoritative Guide to Self-Assessment And Treatment of Mental Health Problems (Paperback)

I am a licensed social worker, and own many DSM-IV books "left over" from grad school. I continue to look for books that will help me in my profession, and with the purchase of this book my search is over. It is written for everyone not only mental health professions, but mental health professionals will find it concise, easy to understand and most helpful with making a diagnosis and assisting their clients. I highly recommed it!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just right for those with mental illness, their family members (esp. ones who think they know all about it!), and getting help., August 28, 2007

By 

Judith Molly (Somewhere USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Help: The Complete & Authoritative Guide to Self-Assessment And Treatment of Mental Health Problems (Paperback)

This book meets the stated need of describeing in language that the layman can understand of what mental illness is, briefly describeing, again in the termenology that most can understand, the various types of mental illnesses, where to go for treatment and also what to expect from treatment. If a very detailed book is needed that might be more in line for a professional, look elsewhere. However, this will more than meet the needs of the average person with mental problems or family member of someone with a mental illness and get them going on the right path. The path can be lonely and sometimes family members don't understand or they "think" that they understand and they really don't (makeing the life of both the one who is ill and the life or lives of the family member(s) a living hell). Thus, the one with the mental illness and all family members should read this. Highly recommended!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource guide, February 20, 2007

By 

Jack N. "Symilarian" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Help: The Complete & Authoritative Guide to Self-Assessment And Treatment of Mental Health Problems (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource guide. It is very beneficial to help understand many common behavior issues along with standard therapies in laymans terminology.