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