Increasing resiliency to substance abuse in recovering women with comorbid depression.
Nurses must recognize that substance abusing women with a comorbid depression are likely to view the present, past, and future negatively, hold distorted views of the world, hold irrational false beliefs, and have a low self-esteem. Assisting women to recognize and own their feelings and accept responsibility for controlling them are crucial to changing their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that contribute to low self-esteem and depression. Affirmations can be used to increase one's self-esteem through changing one's view of self and the world, and behavioral strategies can be used to change behavior and subsequently one's feelings.
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Loewenberg School of Nursing, University of Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D016387:Women's Health