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Can I read The Devil You Knew: The myths around depression, and why your best days are ahead of you on EtoBox?

The Devil You Knew: The myths around depression, and why your best days are ahead of you by Prof. Ian Hickie is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Devil You Knew: The myths around depression, and why your best days are ahead of you about?

We are living amid a mental health epidemic . Clinical depression has devastated the lives of countless people, sending families into crisis and weakening the ties that hold communities together. It's a disorder that doesn't discriminate. At the outset it can be confused with grief and ordinary sadness; at its extreme it can end in tragedy. Within its labyrinth, the corridors and dead ends are many – unabating hopelessness, withdrawal from loved ones, fatigue of body and mind, panic attacks and addiction – and the ladder out difficult to find. But there is hope. Informed by internationally renowned psychiatrist Ian Hickie's 35 years of clinical experience and extensive case studies , The Devil You Knew explores the inner workings of the depressed mind and the myriad influences – environmental, physiological, social – to guide us towards the right diagnosis and offer pathways to healing. Useful tips on what to do and how to get better health care abound. Along the way he dispels some of those common fears and myths that keep people in need away from the best possible care. Hickie includes stories and lessons learned from many people who have travelled these paths, reinforcing that,

Who reads The Devil You Knew: The myths around depression, and why your best days are ahead of you?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Prof. Ian Hickie
Publisher
Penguin Random House Australia
Published
2023
Language
EN
ISBN
9781761042744
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Psychology, Psychiatry

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