Ending the Depression Cycle: A Step-By-Step Guide for Preventing Relapse

By Martin M. Antony

Book Overview

Experts report that 17 million people in the US suffer from clinical depression; 50% of the people who recover will relapse within three years. This is the first book with up-to-date strategies to defeat this statistic and address the problem of depression relapse. Ending the Depression Cycle includes step-by-step strategies for preventing relapse by leading researchers Most books on this disorder focus on crisis control during the acute phase of mild and severe depression. This book deals instead with the period after recovery when as many as half of those who have defeated depression will suffer relapse. Learn about the repeating cycle of depression. Then, with self-assessment tools and engaging exercises, understand the stage you are dealing with. Find practical advice about clinical options, including anti-depressant medication and continuing psychotherapy. Take away everyday strategies for thinking realistically, having fun, and being physically well. Discover meditation and thought monitoring techniques that help minimize stressors in your life. The ultimate goal of this book is to help you develop a new set of values that allows imperfection in your life but, at the same time, protects you from vulnerability. Vital involvement in your personal relationships and your community start you on the path to self-reliance. Comprehensive listings of support resources help to keep you moving. One appendix focuses on easy-to-access Internet resources. This book includes a foreword by Aaron T. Beck, MD, the founder of cognitive behavioral therapy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572243333
• ISBN13: 9781572243330
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Another way of looking at it

The books purpose and potential benefit when used as a practice is precisely what it says--ending the depression cycle as in no longer having any relapses. Guaranteed or a fit for all persons with depression? No, but nothing existent in the world is. The book is like the endgame when playing chess. The medical community indicates to people that mood disorders cannot be overcome thus brought to an end. In that respect, they are ignorant. Because it is possible be it by purchasing and using this book or skydiving or playing the boardgame Pente. There is not the same way for everyone to overcome this but there is a way.

Comprehensive for a workbook

I found this book helpful it covers several aspects of depression from what it is to how to prevent relapse. There is also a section on medications and how to pick a therapist. This book is not a comprehensive treatise on depression and associated cognitive problems it is more for the person who is looking for help in understanding their depression and other associated conditions. The book is easy to understand, the questions in the workbook help the reader to see their thought process more clearly and then gives suggestions on ways to improve their thinking habits. This workbook can be a useful addition when seeing a therapist and taking medications for depression.