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Book SynopsisOvercoming app now available via iTunes and the Google Play Store. A Books on Prescription Title Break free from the hell of depression If you suffer from depression you are far from alone. Depression is very common, affecting over 300 million people around the world. Written by Professor Paul Gilbert, internationally recognised for his work on depression, this highly acclaimed self-help book has been of benefit to thousands of people including sufferers, their friends and families, and those working in the medical profession. This fully revised third edition has been extensively updated and rewritten to reflect over ten years of new research on understanding and treating depression, particularly the importance of developing compassionate ways of thinking, behaving and feeling. It contains helpful case studies and new, easy-to-follow, step-by-step suggestions and exercises to help you understand your depression and lift your mood.
Trade ReviewHighly recommended. The Sunday Times It's an excellent guide to finding the way out of the misery for those affected, their friends and family. My Weekly This is a book that is highly accessible to the intelligent layperson, very readable and extraordinarily useful. -- Robert L. Leahy Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy I strongly recommend this book as a workbook to accompany therapy or as a first choice for bibliotherapy for depressed patients. -- Ed Watkins, Institute of Psychiatry, London Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy A comprehensive approach Counselling at Work
