Dr. Dorothy Rowe (née Conn; 17 December 1930 – 25 March 2019) was an

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psychologist and author, whose area of interest was depression. Born; Newcastle, NSW. Died Sydney, NSW.

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Rowe came to

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in her forties, working at

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and was the head of

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Department of Clinical Psychology. In addition to her published works on depression, she was a regular

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in the UK. She spent her time working with depressed patients and, through listening to their stories, came to reject the medical model of mental illness, instead working within

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. She believed that depression is a result of beliefs which do not enable a person to live comfortably with themselves or the world. Most notably it is the belief in a "Just World" (that the bad are punished and the good rewarded) that exacerbates feelings of fear and anxiety if disaster strikes. Part of recovering is accepting that the external world is unpredictable and that we control relatively little of it. In July 1989 Rowe made an extended appearance on the British television discussion programme '' After Dark'' alongside, among others,

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, The Bishop of Durham and

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