Master Your Mind [Paperback]

Neel Burton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2010

Master Your Mind is a practical guide for individuals wrestling with a mental disorder - it is also of interest to carers, family and friends of someone within a mental disorder. The book is divided into 5 sections: * Mental disorders and their diagnosis * Master your mind through your mind * Master your mind through your body * Psychological and physical treatments * Mental healthcare services and the law. Master your Mind will help you: * alleviate any feelings of fear, hopelessness, or isolation * take greater control over the illness * make the most of the treatments and services available * lead a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life. Contents: Section 1 - Mental disorders and their diagnosis 1. What is a mental disorder?; 2. Anxiety disorders; 3. Depression; 4. Bipolar disorder; 5. Schizophrenia; 6. Personality disorders; 7. Eating disorders; 8. Alcohol or drug misuse and dependence; 9. Receiving a diagnosis of mental disorder; 10. Accepting a diagnosis of mental disorder Section 2 - Master your mind through your mind 11. Building confidence and self-esteem; 12. Building relationships; 13. Managing stress; 14. Managing anxiety; 15. Managing obsessions and compulsions; 16. Fighting depression; 17. Thinking errors in depression; 18. Fighting thoughts of self-harm; 19. Fighting suicidal thoughts; 20. Improving your concentration and memory; 21. Coping with voices; 22. Coping with delusions and hallucinations (for carers); 23. Coping with high expressed emotion; 24. Coping with stigma; 25. Preventing relapses; 26. Aristotle on human flourishing Section 3 - Master your mind through your body 27. Monitoring your physical health; 28. Eating healthily; 29. Taking exercise; 30. Sleeping well; 31. Quitting smoking; 32. Staying off alcohol and drugs Section 4 - Psychological and physical treatments 33. Psychological or ' talking' treatments; 34. Complex Needs Service; 35. Sedatives; 36. Antidepressants; 37. Mood stabilisers; 38. Antipsychotics; 39. Taking your medication; 40. Electroconvulsive therapy Section 5 - Mental healthcare services and the law 41. A guide to mental healthcare services; 42. The care programme approach; 43. The Mental Health Act; 44. Driving and DVLA regulations; 45. Social benefits; 46. Advice for carers; 47. Useful addresses

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book is just what people need. --Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive, SANE

Simple, straightforward, and highly effective ... I often recommend it. --Dr Chris Chopdar, University of Oxford & Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Healthcare Trust

'Master your Mind' is full of the sort of frank, objective medical advice that you always hope for when visiting a doctor about a mental health difficulty. What makes it an unique and important book is the way in which that advice is presented ... Dr Neel Burton is the Delia Smith of the mental health world. Reading 'Master your Mind' is a little like discovering Delia's How to Cook after years of trying to find out how to boil an egg from intricate cake decorating manuals. For once, the instructions are laid out simply and clearly, and you wonder why you've wasted so much time trying to locate this simple, vital information. Burton does not assume that all his readers will start from a basis of enjoying good mental health, but nor does he assume that people with serious mental health difficulties are unable to understand and take responsibility for their health, given the right advice. This is a self-help guide without fuss or over-analysis - and in a world where most self-help books are far too flowery and vague, 'Master your Mind' is a breath of fresh air. --Laurie Penny, One in Four Magazine, April 2010

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Acheron Press; 1 edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0956035310
• ISBN-13: 978-0956035318
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,875,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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