- Paperback: 413 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 3rd Revised edition edition (1 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060927828
- ISBN-13: 978-0060927820
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 2.7 x 20.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,500,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Helpful and practical information for depressed persons and their families.""--Los Angeles Times"""Overcoming Depression is now"the book, the first book that should be read by laypersons and all health professionals who are concerned with depressive illness in all its forms.""--National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Newsletter""Concise, clearly written, and up-to-date. An excellent resource for patients and families afflicted by depression and manic-depressive illness."--E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., author of"Surviving Schizophrenia"This is the best book on depression for general audiences that I have ever seen....I strongly recommend this book."--Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D., chairman, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Galveston"The most comprehensive book available for the layperson on depression. A storehouse of useful, indeed essential, information."--Donald F. Klein, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
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More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, "Overcoming Depression" is the essential resource. Since its first publication in 1987, it has become the book most often recommended by doctors to their depressed patients because it clearly and sympathetically presents state-of-the-art medical information and the solid, practical advice that patients and their families need to participate actively in diagnosis and treatment. Now featuring all-new data on the latest drugs, research, treatment, and medical insurance, it also includes a frank discussion of psychiatric therapy in the era of managed care."Helpful and practical information for depressed persons and their families." "--Los Angeles Times"
"Overcoming Depression" is now "the" book, the first book that should be read by laypersons and all health professionals who are concerned with depressive illness in all its forms." "--National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Newsletter"
"Concise, clearly written, and up-to-date. An excellent resource for patients and families afflicted by depression and manic-depressive illness."--E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., author of "Surviving Schizophrenia"
"This is the best book on depression for general audiences that I have ever seen....I strongly recommend this book."--Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D., chairman, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Galveston
"The most comprehensive book available for the layperson on depression. A storehouse of useful, indeed essential, information."--Donald F. Klein, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians andSurgeons
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
The one book I'd like to buy for every person who loves me.
5 Mar 1998
Format:Paperback
Over the past months I have read many books about depression and bipolar disorder, including the 1992 version of this book. Out of all the titles I have read, this is the one that I feel would be most helpful to my loved ones in understanding what goes on inside my body and my head. It uses simple language, and all information is presented in a factual yet empathetic manner that will allow anyone at any age or reading level from adolescent to elderly to grasp.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
If You Can Only Buy One Book On This Subject - Buy This One
13 May 1999
Format:Paperback
This is the first book my wife, Melissa, and I bought after I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (manic-depression) in 1989. Today, with its newly revised and updated version, "Overcoming Depression" is still my number one recommendation to all my readers.
Education is the key to fighting these brain disorders and the stigma that is associated with mental illness. "Overcoming Depression" is invaluable because it teaches the sufferer and the supporter everything they need to know about diagnosis, treatment, coping skills, research and even recovery - and it is written so anyone can easily understand it.
Melissa and I give this book credit for saving my life and our marriage. It saved my life because it taught us what we needed to do to beat my bipolar disorder. It saved our marriage because it taught Melissa to understand my brain disorder. This understanding allowed her to be more patient with me until I found a treatment to end my suffering, and it taught her how to best support me during that nonstop five-year struggle.
If you can only afford to buy one book about depression and bipolar disorder, I encourage you to buy this one. Again, I recommend it to all my readers and anyone dealing with these brain disorders - including both sufferers and supporters.
34 of 38 people found the following review helpful
I must have missed something
3 May 2000
Format:Paperback
If you are trying to work through your depression, then this book isn't for you. For the common layperson, this book is too technical. It tells about the history of lithium, it's full of charts, diagrams of the brain, and statistics. There is a whole section on having someone committed and costs. I'm sure this information may be valuable to some people, but the book should be titled something else. I don't see how it benefits someone "Overcoming Depression". Most of the pertinent information about this illness can be found in other resources. Save your money.
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