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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: Discovering Depression and Preparing a Plan 5
Chapter 1: Demystifying and Defeating Depression 7
Chapter 2: Detecting Depression 19
Chapter 3: When Bad Things Happen 45
Chapter 4: Breaking Barriers to Change 57
Chapter 5: Finding Help for Depression 79
Part 2: Understanding and Accepting Thoughts and Feelings 95
Chapter 6: Understanding the Thought/Feeling Connection 97
Chapter 7: Defeating Distorted Thinking 109
Chapter 8: Rethinking Thoughts Lurking Behind Depression 127
Chapter 9: Accepting Thoughts and Feelings 151
Chapter 10: Thinking the Worst: Suicide 171
Part 3: Taking Action Against Depression 185
Chapter 11: Getting Out of Bed 187
Chapter 12: Working Out to Lift Depression 199
Chapter 13: Rediscovering Healthy Pleasures 209
Chapter 14: Solving Life’s Headaches 221
Part 4: Rebuilding Connections 239
Chapter 15: Working Through Loss, Grief, and Mourning 241
Chapter 16: Relationship Enhancement 255
Part 5: Fighting the Physical Foe: Biological Therapies 271
Chapter 17: Prescribing Pleasure 273
Chapter 18: Hype, Help, or Hope? Alternative Treatments for Depression 291
Part 6: Looking Beyond Depression 301
Chapter 19: Reducing the Risk of Relapse 303
Chapter 20: Mending Your Memory 317
Chapter 21: Pursuing Happiness 327
Part 7: The Part of Tens 343
Chapter 22: Ten Ways Out of a Bad Mood 345
Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Help Kids with Depression 349
Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Help a Friend or Lover with Depression 355
Appendix: Resources for You 361
Index 365
