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What Can A Professional Do?
- Read or add to depression prevention research; both medical and psycho-social aspects.
- Educate patients, clients, and co-workers that depression prevention exists.
- Incorporate research findings into your areas of practice.
- Facilitate depression support groups that include research-backed cognitive and social skills as part of relapse prevention.
- Write to political or funding entities expressing your concern that this important issue is not being adequately supported.
- Advocate depression prevention to insurance companies, corporations, schools, and churches.
- Educate the public: publish articles; get interviewed for newspaper features, and use television and radio (Childhood Depression Awareness Day is a good opportunity).
Resources to Help
Basco, Monica Ramirez and Rush, A. John. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder, second edition The Guilford Press, 2005.
Beck, Judith S. Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond.>/i> The Guilford Press, 1995.
Dudley, Charma D. Treating Depressed Children. New Harbringer, 1997.
Peterson, Christopher and Seligman, Martin E.P. Character Strengths and Virtues.
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Yapko, Michael D. Breaking the Patterns of Depression. Doubleday, 1997.
Yapko, Michael D. Hypnosis and Treating Depression.Taylor and Francis, 2006.
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