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Depressive Realism - Interdisciplinary perspectives (Hardcover)
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Depressive Realism - Interdisciplinary perspectives (Hardcover)
Series: Explorations in Mental Health
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Depressive Realism argues that people with mild-to-moderate
depression have a more accurate perception of reality than
non-depressives. Depressive realism is a worldview of human
existence that is essentially negative, and which challenges
assumptions about the value of life and the institutions claiming
to answer life's problems. Drawing from central observations from
various disciplines, this book argues that a radical honesty about
human suffering might initiate wholly new ways of thinking, in
everyday life and in clinical practice for mental health, as well
as in academia. Divided into sections that reflect depressive
realism as a worldview spanning all academic disciplines, chapters
provide examples from psychology, psychotherapy, philosophy and
more to suggest ways in which depressive realism can critique each
discipline and academia overall. This book challenges the tacit
hegemony of contemporary positive thinking, as well as the standard
assumption in cognitive behavioural therapy that depressed
individuals must have cognitive distortions. It also appeals to the
utility of depressive realism for its insights, its pursuit of
truth, as well its emphasis on the importance of learning from
negativity and failure. Arguments against depressive realism are
also explored. This book makes an important contribution to our
understanding of depressive realism within an interdisciplinary
context. It will be of key interest to academics, researchers and
postgraduates in the fields of psychology, mental health,
psychotherapy, history and philosophy. It will also be of great
interest to psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors.
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