Depression for dummies

Introduction

Part 1: Discovering depression and preparing a plan

Demystifying and defeating depression

Detecting depression

When bad things happen

Breaking barriers to change

Finding help for depression

Part 2: Understanding and accepting thoughts and feelings

Understanding the thought/feeling connection

Defeating distorted thinking

Rethinking thoughts lurking behind depression

Accepting thoughts and feelings

Thinking the worst: suicide

Part 3: taking action against depression

Getting out of bed

Working out to lift depression

Rediscovering healthy pleasures

Solving life's headaches

Part 4: rebuilding connections

Working through loss, grief, and mourning

Relationship enhancement

Part 5: Fighting the physical foe: biological therapies

Prescribing pleasure

Hype, help, or hope? alternative treatments for depression

Part 6: looking beyond depression

Reducing the risk of relapse

Mending your memory

Pursuing happiness

Part 7: the part of tens

Ten ways out of a bad mood

Ten ways to help kids with depression

Ten ways to help a friend or lover with depression.