The New Psychology of Depression

By Oxford UniversityEducation

The New Psychology of Depression episodes

December 05, 2011 Mindfulness and the brain
In this final episode Professor Mark Williams and Danny Penman discuss how imaging studies show that Mindfulness may have numerous profoundly positive effects on the brain.
28 min
November 28, 2011 Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on trial
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is especially good for people who have suffered the most debilitating forms of depression. The evidence for its effectiveness is overwhelming and continues to grow.
25 min
November 14, 2011 Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: A new approach to treating depression
Mindfulness therapy is an extremely effective treatment preventing relapse in depression. But what does it entail and how does it work?
38 min
November 07, 2011 Can treatments such as Cognitive Therapy help?
Depression tends to return even if it has been successfully treated. Scientists now understand why this happens and have developed therapies that reduce the risks of relapse and help lift the burden of depression should it return.
33 min
October 21, 2011 How is depression treated?
Doctors and psychiatrists once believed that patterns of thinking played little or no role in depression, but this is now known to be wrong. Professor Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss how the treatment of depression has evolved in recent years.
29 min
October 21, 2011 What is depression?
Depression is expected to impose the second biggest health burden globally by 2020; greater even than heart disease, arthritis and many forms of cancer. Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss the driving forces behind this startling trend.
32 min

About The New Psychology of Depression

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We live in a world filled with material wealth, live longer and healthier lives, and yet anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and depression have never been more common. What are the driving forces behind these interlinked global epidemics?