Breaking the Patterns of Depression - Hardcover

Offers depressives skills for understanding and ultimately averting the recurring cycles of depression, including more than one hundred structured activities that show how to solve problems and use self-knowledge to stay out of hurtful situations.

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Everyone faces bad times and difficult situations. Why doesn't everyone get depressed? Are there specific skills that you can develop that will protect you from depression and even prevent future episodes? The answer is yes. You can break the patterns of depression with the new perspectives and skills contained here.

Dr. Yapko contradicts the widely held belief that depression is a disease best treated with medication or extensive psychotherapy. Successful and reliable treatments for depression have been developed, and they provide a legitimate basis for claiming that the majority of depression sufferers can be helped. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression, Dr. Yapko brings both twenty years of experience as a clinician and the most effective treatment methods--previously published only in professional circles--directly to the depression sufferer.

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