Mastering Depression through Interpersonal Psychotherapy or Country Folk Medicine

Mastering Depression through Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Patient Workbook

Author: Myrna W Weissman

This book is a user-friendly guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), an empirically-tested and effective approach to treating depression. It is intended for persons affected by depression who are seeking or currently undergoing IPT.
Written to help destimatize depression and therapy, this book begins with a description of depression disorders and addresses common patient concerns. It then introduces the patient to Interpersonal Psychotherapy and also answers frequently-asked questions about the psychotherapeutic relationship. The next chapters, which are organized around common causes of depression, describe the process of treating depression with IPT and offer typical case examples at the end of each problem area. Throughout the book, worksheet guides help the patient think about problems and solutions to depression in constructive ways.
This book helps readers learn about depression, its symptoms, and how they relate to events in the patient's life. When used as a part of therapy with IPT and in conjuction with the accompanying monitoring forms booklet (0195188489), this book can help patients manage the effects of depression.

See also: Sara and Eleanor or Americas Christian Heritage

Country Folk Medicine: Tales of Skunk Oil, Sassafras Tea, and Other Old-Time Remedies

Author: Elizabeth Janos

How did people deal with ordinary illnesses and injuries in the days when doctors were too far away or too expensive to summon?
After interviewing more than 1,400 senior citizens throughout New England and New York State, Elisabeth Janos compiled a wealth of information for this one-of-a-kind compendium.
The vivid firsthand accounts describe how people used to make do with healing substances they kept on pantry shelves at home or gathered outdoors.
Included are old-time remedies such as:
a tablespoon of skunk oil to cure laryngitis
a bandage of bruised plantain leaves to ease the itch of poison ivy
a salt pork poultice for infection
a barefoot walk through fresh cow manure to cure athlete's foot
a potato compress for a migraine ginger tea for a fever
a paste of night crawlers and heavy cream rubbed onto the skin to mend broken bones
Learn why the typical "medicine chest" contained milk, salt, sugar, molasses, onions, and potatoes, curing everything from eye, ear, nose, and throat problems to nervous conditions to infant and childhood ailments. Depicting an intimate portrait of Northeast America at the turn of the century, this distinctive, spirited treasury preserves the many homespun cures that offered relief to an earlier generation.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
1.	Some Unusual Healing Substances	7
	Resins and Turpentine	7
	Kerosene	11
	Skunk Oil	13
	Snake Oil	14
	Flannel	17
	Sewage Pharmacology	18
2.	Respiratory Problems	21
	Colds	21
	Croup	29
	Pneumonia	32
3.	Digestive Problems	39
	Stomach Problems	39
	Constipation	42
	Diarrhea	44
	Piles	46
	Threadworms and Roundworms	48
	Tapeworm	51
4.	Musculoskeletal Problems	53
	Rheumatism	53
	Sprains	59
	Broken Bones	61
5.	Neurological Problems	65
	Nervous Complaints and Insomnia	65
	Headaches	67
6.	Eye, Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat	69
	Eye Problems	69
	Earache	72
	Nosebleeds	75
	Cankers, Gumboils, and Receding Gums	76
	Toothache	78
	Sore Throat	80
7.	External Injuries	85
	Burns	85
	Sunburn	88
	Cuts, Slivers, and External Infections	89
	Puncture Wounds	94
	Bee and Wasp Stings	97
8.	Skin Conditions	99
	Boils and Carbuncles	99
	Open Sores	103
	Cold Sores	105
	Warts	105
	Chapped Hands	108
	Hives	109
	Poison Ivy	109
	Athlete's Foot	111
	Corns and Calluses	112
	Miscellaneous Foot Conditions	113
	Lice	114
9.	Influenza and Fevers	117
10.	Problems of Infancy and Childhood	121
	Premature Babies	121
	Umbilical Hernia	122
	Colic	123
	Diaper Rash	124
	Measles and Chicken Pox	126
	Mumps	127
11.	Female Concerns	129
	Menstrual Cramps and Irregularities	129
	Labor	130
	Urinary-Tract Infections	132
12.	Preventive Medicine	135
	Spring Tonics	135
	Cod-Liver Oil	138
	Camphor and Other Aromatics	139
	Summer Coolant, Winter Warm-Up	140
	Bibliography	143
	Index	146