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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Note to Our Depressed Readers | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Discovering Depression and Preparing a Plan | |
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| Demystifying and Defeating Depression | |
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| Just Singing the Blues or Depressed? | |
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| The Varying Faces of Depression | |
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| Adding Up the Costs of Depression | |
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| Feeling Good Again | |
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| Feeling Better than Good | |
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| Celebrating Sadness | |
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| Detecting Depression | |
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| Recognizing the Ravages of Depression | |
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| The Six Plagues of Depression | |
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| Connecting Drugs, Diseases, and Depression | |
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| Good Grief? Is Depression Ever Normal? | |
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| Digging Out the Causes of Depression | |
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| Monitoring Mood | |
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| Breaking Barriers to Change | |
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| Rummaging Through the Reasons for Avoidance | |
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| Saving Yourself from Self-Limitations | |
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| Finding Help for Depression | |
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| Stumbling onto a Solution | |
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| Exploring the Self-Help Option | |
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| Pursuing the Psychotherapy Option | |
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| Talking to a Professional about Antidepressant Medication | |
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| Untwisting Your Thinking: Thought Therapy | |
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| Discovering Depression-Driven Thinking | |
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| Thinking about Cognitive Therapy | |
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| Tracking Thoughts, Feelings, and the Related Events in Your Life | |
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| Digging Up Distortions in Thinking | |
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| Breaking Up the Dark Clouds of Depressive Thinking | |
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| Thought Court Is Now in Session | |
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| Opening a Thought-Repair Toolkit | |
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| Discovering the Cracked Lenses Behind Depression | |
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| Looking Closely at the Mechanics of Life-Lenses | |
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| Searching for Your Mind's Life-Lenses | |
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| Breaking Problematic Life-Lenses | |
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| Writing New Prescriptions for Clear Lenses | |
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| Mending Your Memory | |
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| Making Sense of Memory | |
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| Depressing Disruptions | |
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| Worrying About Forgetting | |
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| Boosting Broken Memory | |
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| Taking Action Against Depression: Behavior Therapy | |
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| Getting Out of Bed | |
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| Taking Action | |
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| Putting One Foot in Front of the Other: Activity Logs | |
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| Conquering Can'ts | |
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| Charting Your Course through Negative Predictions | |
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| Giving Yourself Credit | |
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| Working Out to Lift Depression | |
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| Introducing Endorphins into Your Life | |
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| Conquering Couch Potato-itis | |
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| Easing into Exercise | |
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| Weighing Your Exercise Options | |
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| Rediscovering Healthy Pleasures | |
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| Taking Fun Seriously | |
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| Making a List and Checking It Twice | |
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| Fighting the Pleasure Busters | |
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| Solving Life's Headaches | |
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| Drawing Up the Problem-Solving Game Plan--S.O.C.C.E.R. | |
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| Assessing Your Problem Situation (S) | |
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| Foraging for Options (O) | |
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| Contemplating Consequences (C) | |
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| Choosing Your Poison (C) | |
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| Handling Your Emotions (E) | |
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| Running and Reviewing (R) | |
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| Rebuilding Connections: Relationship Therapy | |
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| Working Through Loss, Grief, and Mourning | |
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| Losing What You Care About | |
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| Working Through Grief | |
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| Relationship Enhancement | |
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| The Depression-Rejection Connection | |
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| Pursuing Positives | |
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| Defeating Defensiveness | |
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| Getting Your Message Across | |
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| Fighting the Physical Foe: Biological Therapies | |
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| Prescribing Pleasure | |
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| Hammering Depression: Choosing the Right Tool for You | |
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| Exploring the Medication Option | |
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| Working with Your Doctor to Find the Correct Medication | |
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| Brushing Up on Biology | |
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| Deciphering Drugs for Depression | |
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| Looking Beyond Antidepressants | |
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| Hype, Help, or Hope? Alternative Treatments for Depression | |
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| Keeping Your Doc in the Loop | |
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| Swallowing Supplements and Herbs | |
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| Vibrancy from Vitamins and Minerals | |
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| Happy Foods | |
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| Lighting Up the Darkness | |
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| Treating Severe Depression | |
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| Searching Further | |
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| Looking Beyond Depression | |
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| Reducing the Risk of Relapse | |
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| Risking Relapse with Depression | |
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| Preparing a Prevention Plan | |
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| Reining in Relapse When It Occurs | |
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| Confronting Depression with Mindfulness | |
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| Drawing the Line Between You and Your Mind | |
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| Losing Your Mind | |
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| Living Mindfully | |
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| Pursuing Happiness Through Positive Psychology | |
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| Hunting Down Happiness | |
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| Getting on the Right Path to Real Happiness | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Ways Out of a Bad Mood | |
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| Chomping on Chocolate | |
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| Doing Something Nice | |
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| Getting a Lift from Exercise | |
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| Singing Yourself into a Better Mood | |
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| Calling a Long-Lost Friend | |
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| Dancing to a Different Beat | |
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| Soaking the Blues Away | |
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| Petting Your Way to a Better Mood | |
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| Taking a Hike | |
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| Mellowing Through Mindfulness | |
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| Ten Ways to Help Kids With Depression | |
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| Finding Fun | |
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| Doling Out Discipline | |
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| Giving Feedback | |
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| Climbing Every Mountain | |
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| Revving Up Responsibilities | |
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| Talking and Listening | |
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| Recognizing Depression | |
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| Looking Under Rocks | |
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| Getting Help | |
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| Loving No Matter What | |
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| Ten Ways to Help a Friend or Lover with Depression | |
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| Recognizing Depression | |
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| Referring for Help | |
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| Listening Without Solving | |
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| Taking Care of Yourself | |
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| Holding Criticism at Bay | |
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| Depersonalizing Depression | |
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| Finding Patience | |
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| Remembering to Care | |
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| Providing Encouragement and Remaining Hopeful | |
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| Exhorting Exercise | |
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| Resources for You | |
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| Self-Help Books | |
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| Resources to Help Children | |
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| Helpful Web Sites | |
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| Index | |