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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns
[2008 version, paperback]
VERDICT: 5 stars. To date, one of the most useful books I've read on the subject of depression. Mostly covers non-pharmaceutical approaches (basically, cognitive behavioral therapy or similar/tangential treatments), and later touches on the commonly used pharmaceuticals.
There's a lot to take in here, so don't rush through it. I liked the specific patient examples, and how the author didn't mind revealing "mistakes" he's made in the past with patients suffering from depression.
Note: there are likely newer, updated versions out there. The 2008 one I read was good, but some of the pharmaceutical info was already slightly dated when I read it around 2010.
PS: I had 2 copies of this book. Both were "borrowed" by friends who were interested. I never saw either copy again, so I suppose that's an endorsement of sorts.
VERDICT: 5 stars. To date, one of the most useful books I've read on the subject of depression. Mostly covers non-pharmaceutical approaches (basically, cognitive behavioral therapy or similar/tangential treatments), and later touches on the commonly used pharmaceuticals.
There's a lot to take in here, so don't rush through it. I liked the specific patient examples, and how the author didn't mind revealing "mistakes" he's made in the past with patients suffering from depression.
Note: there are likely newer, updated versions out there. The 2008 one I read was good, but some of the pharmaceutical info was already slightly dated when I read it around 2010.
PS: I had 2 copies of this book. Both were "borrowed" by friends who were interested. I never saw either copy again, so I suppose that's an endorsement of sorts.