Stay Organized While You Study

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Entering higher education can be a difficult transition with the alienation and stress that comes with beingthrust into a new environment, it can sometimes feel impossible to keep low moods and negative feelingsunder control.

Written by award-winning student mental health expert Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guidewill ensure that students have all the tools they need to understand the sources of their depression and takesteps to reclaim their life from its debilitating effects.

Although plenty of people talk about depression, there are still a lot of misconceptions about it. This bookwill clearly explore what depression is and investigate the ways in which it can affect anyone. With extractsfrom students own accounts about their depression and how they learned to manage it, alongside lots ofpractical, easy-to-follow tips and exercises, the book will help readers understand their depression, so theycan deal with it in the right way for them.

Above all, this book will help readers gain real power over their depression so that they can enjoy the fullstudent experience on their terms.

Author Bio

Dr Dominique Thompson has worked with university students for nearly two decades, and in 2017contributed towards a landmark report on the nations student wellbeing, as well as being involved inthe Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education working group of Universities UK. Dr Thompson now workswith universities across the UK on their mental health strategies, as well as providing training touniversity staff. She was named Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year 2017. In 2019 she wasnominated as one of the Top 100 West Women of the Year. Dominique has helped design apps andwebsites to support student mental health and writes books on the topic. She has been interviewedwidely, including by The Guardian and BBC Radio 4s Today programme. Her books are written withthe aim of helping young people and their parents to feel more supported when dealing with stress,gaining independence and resilience.