Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other ?black holes? of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist David D. Burns, M.D. outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life.Now, in this updated edition, Dr Burns adds an all-new Consumer?s Guide To Antidepressant Drugs, as well as a new introduction to help answer your questions about the many options available for treating depression.Recognise what causes your mood swings.Nip negative feelings in the bud.Deal with guilt.Handle hostility and criticism.Overcome addiction to love and approval.Build self-esteem.Feel good everyday.Review"A book to read and re-read!" -- "Los Angeles Times ""I would personally evaluate David Burns' "Feeling Good as one of the most significant books to come out of the last third of the Twentieth Century."-- Dr. David F. Maas, Professor of English, Ambassador University"A BOOK TO READ AND RE-READ!" -- Los Angeles TimesFrom the Back CoverFEELING GOOD FEELS WONDERFULThe good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In FEELING GOOD, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D. outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life: -- Recognize what causes your mood swings-- Nip negative feelings in the bud-- Deal with guilt-- Handle hostility and criticism-- Overcome addiction to love and approval-- Beat "do-nothingism"-- Avoid the painful downward spiral of depression-- Build self-esteem-- Feel good every dayBEGIN NOW, TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF FEELING GOODAbout the AuthorDavid D. Burns, M.D., a clinical psychiatrist, conveys his ideas with warmth, compassion, understanding, and humor unmatched by any other writer in the self-help field. His bestselling Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy has sold more than three million copies to date. In a recent national survey of mental health professionals, Feeling Good was rated number one-from a list of more than one thousand-as the most frequently recommended self-help book on depression. His Feeling Good Handbook was rated number two in the same survey.Dr. Burns's entertaining teaching style has made him a popular lecturer for general audiences and mental health professionals throughout the country as well as a frequent guest on national radio and television programs. He has received numerous awards including the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Through the Media Award from the Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology. A magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, Dr. Burns received his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is currently clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is certified by the National Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.Excerpt. ?Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter OneA Breakthrough In the Treatment of Mood Disorders Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you. The suicide rate, studies indicate, has been on a shocking increase in recent years, even among children and adolescents. This escalating death rate has occurred in spite of the billions of antidepressant drugs and tranquilizers that have been dispensed during the past several decades. This might sound fairly gloomy. Before you get even more depressed, let me tell you the good news. Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living. What's more important-