from: Mason Crest Publishing houses
Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 080
EAN num: 9781590842263
ISBN number: 159084226X
Label: Mason Crest Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Mason Crest Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 248
Printing Date: 2002-05
Publishing house: Mason Crest Publishing houses
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 1087234
Studio: Mason Crest Publishing houses
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(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Consumer guide to depression. Discusses factors that increase risk, indications of depression, what happens inside the brain, effective forms of psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy, new trends in treatment, self-care strategies for staying healthy, and more. Softcover.
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I checked out three books on depression from my local library. After reading all three, this one seemed the best, so I bought a copy for my personal library. This book is great, I don't know why no one else has written a review. The Mayo Clinic is a well known medical research facility, so it is a credible source of medical information. The book is straight forward, easy to understand. It covers recognizing depression and the different treatments available. Since the book is by the Mayo Clinic and not sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry, you hear information that you normally would not hear. Such as the medical study that showed exercise was as effective a treatment for depression as pharmaceutical drugs. See page 113. I did not see that research in any of the books sponsored by drug companies.
Traditionally depression is viewed as a "loser's" illness, but the book presents depression from a vantage point that anyone can suffer from depression. It covers a personal story of a Medical Doctor who was overworked and fell into depression. Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression. Prior to Lincoln becoming President of the United States, he wrote to a close friend, "I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would be not one cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell. I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better it appears to me."
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