(Part 2) Best books about depression according to redditors

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We found 57 Reddit comments discussing the best books about depression. We ranked the 24 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.

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Top Reddit comments about Depression:

u/NichtLebenZeitToeten · 4 pointsr/ptsd

Speaking personally, dissociative anger and anxiety is a problem many of us have to deal with as a part of our disorder (C-PTSD for me) and for me it helps to be constantly aware of my own state of mind so I don't lash out at my SO (or worse, my kids) just because I'm having an episode or on the verge of one. Specifically, the technique that's helped me somewhat is "present minded non-judgemental awareness" which is useful to help get me out of my own head, which during an attack is thinking/feeling like I'm back in the place I was traumatized, and realize that I'm not there in that horrible place, I'm here in a safe environment and the things/people around me are not trying to hurt me.

You can find the specific technique in chapter 7 of the workbook "Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders" by David H. Barlow, et al. Since your SO is a vet, he should be able to get a copy, I would think, from the VA if he asks for it or if his therapist is willing to try it, but here's the Amazon link just in case.

It can't all be just you, he needs to work on things on his end, and you can help, which you already are just by being there for him. Patience is a must, obviously, you have to know that the anger is usually a reaction to the anxiety he feels because of his state of mind, it has nothing to do with you personally (it's dissociative, after all) so just keep remembering that and let him know that you know. Ask questions about how he's feeling, and that whatever he's feeling is OK and just listen, let him tell you and encourage him to tell you (provide some feedback if he needs it, but really just listen and be very careful not to judge or give the appearance of judgement). It'll help anchor him in the present, safe place that he's in rather than the dangerous scary place his traumatized mind thinks/feels he's in. That's what I tell my wife, anyway, and it's helped her to better help me.

Lastly, another sufferer posted on here a few weeks ago a "cheat sheet" he/she uses with their SO on things to do when an attack comes on. It's definitely helpful. Here's the link. Good luck to you I hope it helps you both in the healing.

u/bristiancale · 3 pointsr/Psychonaut

This is interesting, I've been reading this book What is Madness - Darian Leader after genuinely asking the question 'how do I know I'm not insane?' (possibly after smoking a lot of weed)

I was amazed that there are over 46 types of schizophrenia, to be diagnosed you need to display 2 out of 5 symptoms to be 'schizophrenic'. That means that two people diagnosed with schizophrenia can have completely different symptoms. I can't believe we still use the term. I'll definitely read your link.

In the book it states that bodily boundaries and the way we perceive reality is mostly learnt through interactions when you're an infant. Really you have no sense of identity when very young - your mother and your nursery may as well BE you. This causes some trauma when your mother leaves/spends less time with you (according to psychoanalysts). The only reason psychotic/schizophrenic people are labelled so is because they haven't gone through the same conditioning and so experience reality differently to the majority of others who were successfully conditioned. This conditioning is obviously necessary for society to function but when others don't share our worldview we call them insane.

When you take psychedelics I believe you are temporarily 'forgetting' this conditioning. So in a way the effects of drugs can be seen as a psychotic/schizophrenic episode however it's not that the drugs are 'causing' a psychotic reaction. I really believe that the reality you experience on psychedelics IS reality but without conditioning. Schizophrenics today would be shaman if born in a more esoteric tradition - there's a TED talk about it somewhere on youtube.

I am by no means an expert so this may all be bullshit :)

u/_hcv · 1 pointr/depressionregimens

They did, however, that was a year and a half ago with no updates since, and it seemed more like a business move rather than anything else IMO. NSI failed to reach statistical significance in the primary endpoint, namely the clinician-rated scale MADRS. Earlier this year they also announced that they're expanding their pipeline. By all accounts, though they haven't explicitly stated so, it seems clear to me that they're not pushing it forward for MDD.

It's an interesting case, I was really hoping NSI would succeed as it seemed to have the potential to do, the self-rated scales don't lie, people actually felt better and stayed better until the last follow-up. Neuralstem made a good point about the MADRS and HAMD scale being 4-decade old scales designed primarily with tricyclics in mind, and they also do not capture atypical symptoms of MDD. It does seem a bit silly testing such a novel drug with ancient scales, and perhaps it would have succeeded otherwise.

I took it for about 2 weeks and it gave me severe neuropathic pain in my foot. I was almost limping around for a few days. You made a good point about these shady Chinese sources. On the other hand, most of the synthetic nootropics people are taking are synthesized in China.

I'm going into my 4th year of a Pharmacology degree, and I have been seriously thinking about going into mental health, precisely due to the reasons you stated. It's clear that our current understanding of depression is lackluster, and our treatments are really poor. I think there's so much potential for discovery and improvement in this field, and the movement has already started with the likes of esketamine, and the large number of new compounds currently in clinical trials (the article that I linked in my previous reply), many of which work through novel mechanisms.

Check out the highly influential study by Irving Kirsch in 2008: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18303940/

This book is on my list as it seems to be a very comprehensive resource: https://www.amazon.com/New-Mind-Body-Science-Depression/dp/0393706664

Revitalising monoamine oxidase inhibitors: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cns-spectrums/article/revitalizing-monoamine-oxidase-inhibitors-a-call-for-action/32497C0FE4F08D0D4C07E6350A91B0EE

u/undercurrents · 1 pointr/depressed

part 2:

books:

copy of chapter "Children of Depressed Parents" from the book The Edge of Darkness by Kathy Cronkite: http://imgur.com/QsW1D,neLcM,KeByl,tKhTz,Y2VzK

http://www.amazon.com/Sorrows-Web-Understanding-Depressed-Children/dp/B004JZX1TE/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1329195154&sr=8-3-spell

http://www.amazon.com/Pregnant-Prozac-Essential-Making-Decision/dp/0762749407/ref=pd_sim_b_3

http://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Childs-Guide-Parental-Depression/dp/1929622716/ref=pd_vtp_b_5

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-House-Maternal-Depression-Children/dp/B003B3NWXU/ref=pd_vtp_b_3

http://www.amazon.com/Deeper-Shade-Blue-Recognizing-Childbearing/dp/0743254759/ref=pd_vtp_b_5

http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Blues-Every-Depression-During/dp/0385338678/ref=pd_vtp_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Decision-Handbook-Women-Depression/dp/0976581418/ref=pd_vtp_b_5

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Your-Moods-Youre-Expecting/dp/0547053622/ref=pd_vtp_b_8

http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Postpartum-Anxiety-Workbook-Compulsions/dp/1572245891/ref=pd_vtp_b_7

http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Mother-Postpartum-Depression-Support/dp/0425208087/ref=pd_vtp_b_6

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Blue-Surviving-Depression-Anxiety/dp/B004X8W91S/ref=pd_vtp_b_10

http://www.amazon.com/Therapy-Postpartum-Woman-Depression-Clinicians/dp/0415989965/ref=pd_rhf_ee_shvl2

http://www.amazon.com/Sucked-Then-Cried-Breakdown-Margarita/dp/B004J8HXA4/ref=pd_sim_b_6

http://www.amazon.com/Down-Came-Rain-Postpartum-Depression/dp/1401308465/ref=pd_sim_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Having-After-Postpartum-Depression/dp/1413473474/ref=pd_sim_b_6

http://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Well-When-Youre-Depressed/dp/1572242515/ref=pd_vtp_b_11

http://www.amazon.com/Bipolar-Bear-Family-Parent-Disorder/dp/1425929524/ref=pd_vtp_b_2

http://www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-BiPolar-So-What/dp/1419620061/ref=pd_vtp_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Bipolar-Pregnant-Planning-Parenting-Depression/dp/0757306837/ref=pd_sim_b_9

http://www.amazon.com/Sometimes-My-Mommy-Gets-Angry/dp/0142403598/ref=pd_vtp_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Me-Down-Blues-Depression-Spreading-Families/dp/0312263325/ref=pd_vtp_b_13

http://www.amazon.com/When-Parent-Depressed-Children-Depression/dp/0316738891/ref=pd_vtp_b_6

http://www.amazon.com/Life-Will-Never-Same-Postpartum/dp/0982641001/ref=pd_sim_b_9

http://www.amazon.com/This-Isnt-What-Expected-Overcoming/dp/0553370758

videos: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/depression/video-ch_01.html - pbs out of the shadows (this is a full documentary but it has parts about postpartum depression that I think are worth watching)

check out my original post as well for lots more info.

Things to keep in mind if you are a mother with depression; quotes from two resources:

Harvard maternal postpartum depression links:
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/reports_and_working_papers/working_papers/wp8/

Serious depression in parents and caregivers can affect far more than the adults who are ill. It also influences the well-being of the children in their care. The first joint Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs summarizes recent evidence on the potentially far-reaching harmful effects of chronic and severe maternal depression on families and children. When children grow up in an environment of mental illness, the development of their brains may be seriously weakened, with implications for their ability to learn as well as for their own later physical and mental health. This report examines why the continuing failure to address the consequences of depression for large numbers of vulnerable, young children presents a missed opportunity to help families and children in a way that could support the future prosperity and well-being of society as a whole.


Here is a quote from The Noonday Demon from the section on mothers with depression (my own added comment is in the parentheses and not part of the original quote),

"Depressed mothers are usually not great mothers, though high-functioning depressives can sometimes mask their illness and fulfill their parenting roles," (this is not an insult against depressed parents, it's an inevitable consequence of what happens when you are depressed because you are more irritable, have less energy, can be less outwardly loving, sometimes fail to respond to social cues from your children, possibly unaffectionate and withdrawn...), "In general, the children of a depressed mothers not only reflect but also magnify their mother's state. Even ten years after an initial assessment, such children suffer significant social impairment and are at a threefold risk for depression and a fivefold risk for panic disorders and alcohol dependence. To improve the mental health of children, it is sometimes more important to treat the mother than to treat the children directly..."
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Resources for men with postpartum depression:

http://www.postpartummen.com/resources.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/postpartum-depression-fathers/story?id=10672383#.TydWX8VAb6k

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32403497/ns/today-relationships/t/new-dads-coping-baby-blues/#.TydWZsVAb6k

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/time-to-focus-on-sad-dads/

book: Kleinman, K. (2001). Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression. Xlibris Corporation.