Depression and Low Mood

Sections within this self help guide

1. Introduction
2. How can this guide help me?
3. What is depression?
4. These are some of the signs or symptoms that you may experience if you are depressed:
5. What causes depression?
6. What does research tell us about depression?
7. What treatment is available for depression?
8. How can I help myself?
9. Increasing helpful activity
10. Reducing unhelpful activity
11. Understanding depressive thinking
12. What do gloomy, depressive thoughts look like?
13. What more should I know about these gloomy negative thoughts?
14. The ABC of changing thoughts and feelings
15. Balancing
16. Try and remember details
17. Challenge long term beliefs
18. Dealing with rumination
19. Mindfulness and acceptance
20. Further help
21. If you need to talk with someone now
22. Useful organisations
23. Useful books
24. Mindfulness downloads
25. References
26. Rate this guide
27. Acknowledgement