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The Depression Code : Deciphering the Purposes of Neurotic Depression by Roger Di Pietro is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Depression Code: Deciphering the Purposes of Neurotic Depression focuses on one specific depressive diagnosis: Dysthymic Disorder. Its symptoms can include fatigue, persistent sadness, marked increases or decreases in appetite, an inability to sleep (or remain asleep), oversleeping, reduced ability to concentrate, indecisiveness, and despondency. These symptoms must be present for at least two years and cause significant distress and/or impair functioning in one or more areas of life. Talk therapy as well as pharmacological interventions may address symptoms by searching for and treating the perceived cause. Indeed, depression is often comprehended as something that happens to individuals. However, this text poses an intriguing question: Could depressive symptoms also be a coping mechanism and means of achieving future goals, rather than merely the aftereffect of some bio-chemical, genetic, psychological, or social cause? This concept somewhat parallels how painful and potentially embarrassing physical symptoms (e.g., fever, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, infection responses) can ultimately protect the body. Rather than being a self-help book or treatment manual, this text provi

Author

Roger Di Pietro

Publisher

Lulu Press, Inc.

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780557916269