An easy-to-use self-help program that is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression. Revealing the hidden psychological mechanisms that cause chronic unhappiness, this work guides readers through a series of exercises designed to break the mental habits that lead to despair.

Winner of the Good Housekeeping Non-fiction Book of the Year 2008

A vigorous immune system is vital to good health, both physical and mental. This book looks at: how your immune system works and what can hamper it, such as poor diet, lack of sleep or exercise, stress, or depression; warning signs of a weakened immune system; treatments; nutrition; your attitude and outlook; exercise and skin-brushing; and more.

My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life.

Fourth edition.

750,000 people in Britain have been diagnosed with dementia, two thirds of them women, and the figure is rising sharply - it's expected to double in just twenty years. This book describes the devastating potential of a disease that, so cruelly, does not shorten life but rather eats away at it. A brilliant exploration of the science and medicine of Alzheimer's, as well as a moving account of the ..

How to take on throat cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and win, with help from an NLP coach.

Full title: Self Management of Long Term Health Conditions - A Handbook for People With Chronic Disease.

Presents an account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. This book exposes the suffering of people with learning disabilities at the end of their lives, but also their remarkable resilience and strength.

This unique book offers advice and guidance to partners of people with depression. Practical and supportive, it provides information on understanding depression, where to get help, and strategies to help both people in the relationship.

Chemotherapy is one of the most widely used forms of cancer treatment today.This book explains what the treatment is, how the drugs work, and different ways in which they can be given. It also explains how to tackle side effects such as sickness, tiredness and hair loss.

Chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalitis, (CFS/ME) affects approximately 180,000 people in the UK. This title offers expert advice, accompanied by real life stories, on managing different aspects of everyday life that can affect energy and they show how to put this advice into practice.

A book about the bond between mother and child. Suddenly being a mother wasn't the priority, the priority was staying alive.

Takes a look at Asperger Syndrome (AS). Featuring photographs of cats, this book aims to bring to life familiar characteristics such as sensitive hearing, scampering at the first sign of being stroked, and particular eating habits. It evokes the difficulties and joys of raising a child who is different.

My Journey from ME to Happiness. The story of Alex Howard's seven-year struggle with ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, fully updated in a second edition.

101 Ways to Climb out of the Slough of Despondency -- a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depression.

A clinically proven programme for recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder

Offers an account of the author's brush with breast cancer and its intersection with midlife, motherhood and marriage.

Features Yoga designed for people with multiple sclerosis and other mobility problems.

Treatment for the chronically ill has traditionally focused on physical factors and symptoms, despite the fact that chronic illness also affects life in an emotional and spiritual way. This book presents an approach toward treatment that addresses different aspects of a patient's life, including their interpersonal experiences and relationships.