Over-Focused Anxiety and Depression: Effective Treatment for Excessive Rumination and Worry

Do you worry excessively, or over-focus on negative thoughts about the past?

Depression and anxiety are complex disorders and a one-size-fits-all approach to treatment is rarely successful. This booklet focuses on one particular type of anxiety and depression – anxiety or depression characterised by excessive and persistent worry or negative rumination. Other symptoms often found with over-focused anxiety and depression include: lack of mental flexibility, stubbornness, compulsive or addictive behaviour, difficulty seeing options in situations, and an uncomfortably high level of nervous arousal.

Targeted treatments for negative over-focusing include talk therapy that helps to increase mental flexibility, medication or supplements that help to relax over-aroused parts of the brain, and physical therapies that help to reduce the high levels of physical and mental agitation experienced by people with negative over-focusing issues.

Over-Focused Anxiety and Depression: Effective Treatment for Excessive Rumination and Worry outlines the most effective treatment methods for over-focused anxiety and depression, with an emphasis on combining proven treatments such as medication, talk therapy and physical exercise to maximise your chances of recovery (approximately, 10,000 words including resources)