Depression Books

THIS BOOK HAD ME GLUED TO IT FROM THE FIRST WORDS. VERY HUMOROUS & CANDID. BEING A FAMILY MEMBER I THINK IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ALL OF NONNA'S DESENDANTS & REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE OF ITALIAN DESENT! ALSO, ANYONE WHO WANTS A REAL LOOK AT POST DEPRESSION AMERICA. A GREAT READ BY AUGUST R. CARNEVALI!
MANY THANKS FOR THE BOOK!
GENE SCATENA

Connie Bowen has done it again! Your first book I BELIEVE IN ME was a beautifully illustrated book of positive affirmations that helped the reader realize his or her divinity and worthiness. I TURN TO THE LIGHT is an excellent and beautiful follow-up to Bowen's original work. It is impossible to read and explore this uplifting, spiritual book and not feel more closely connected to God. Suitable for anyone of any age.

When I first saw this book, I was very skeptical. A small paperback of 211 p.p. retailing for $5.50? How much information could it possibly have? The answer: A LOT. This book not only covers the signs, symptoms and treatment of depression, it does it comprehensively and concisely. It is presented in the format of answers to frequently asked questions. The section on antidepressant medication is amazingly thorough and up to date. Side effects are dealt with in an honest, up front manner. And it even offers suggestions on how to alleviate sexual side effects, a subject most books on the subject downplay or completely ignore. Almost every conceivable form of treatment and therapy is touched on. It includes a glossary of medical terms and an appendix of resources and supports. Alternative therapies and self-help suggestions are not neglected. This book is a neat little resource for those suffering with depression as well as physicians, therapists and social workers. I have never seen such thorough and up to date information in so compact a format. Easy to read and to understand, this would be a highly recommended first book for anyone looking for a good education on most aspects of this disease.

From the Author of "I'm Not Supposed to Feel Like This ... "

Depression and anxiety are common problems both in general society and also within the Church. Psychiatric problems can cause particular problems for Christians. Many Christians and some Church workers think that as Christians we 'shouldn't' get depressed and that psychiatric problems are the result of a poor or damaged relationship with God. Far from being a powerful tool for healing it is often the case that sometimes the Church is part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

This book is written for Christians who find that they are feeling depressed and/or anxious, and also for their fellow Christians and Church workers so that they can offer more effective and helpful support. We hope that it will provide a useful resource for Clergy and lay leaders, pastoral and ministry team members, and Christian counselling and support teams. The authors believe that insights from the psychiatric profession, the Bible and the Christian pastoral profession have much to teach about worry, fear and depression and should be valuable resources for those experiencing these common problems. The book uses a self-help method that provides a clearly presented step-by-step approach to overcoming anxiety and depression. It uses the proven Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach in a way that is fully compatible with a Christian faith and practice.

Contents: What I think affects how I feel and what I do.
Understanding Depression and anxiety.
Overcoming depression and anxiety. ·
Tackling practical problems. ·
What about Psychiatry? ·
How can the Church support those who are distressed? ·
Maintaining a walk with God when depressed or anxious. ·
Help for church leaders.

The authors represent psychiatry, an expert in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and a Baptist minister. All are committed Christians.

Finally, we hope and pray that this book will provide a source of information and encouragement for those who read it.

Also recommended: A Practical Workbook for the Depressed Christian John Lockley Publisher: Authentic Lifestyle ISBN: 186024226X
Wholly Coping: John Warlow and Peter Strebbins Publisher: Christian Wholeness ISBN 0-9752071-0-5

This book shares great insight on the human experience. The author's unique perspectve is marvelously conveyed through his charming and intelligent style.

This is an Awesome, Inspirational, and Motivational book on Mitzi's Overcoming of Sexual Abuse, Rape and Depression.

May This Book Bless and Uplift Your Souls!

This is a branch of economics whose nuances and subtleties have been debated and redebated ad nauseam, but here is a book which, although now almost 20 years old, has not only not dated in its relevance and importance to the study of this crucial field, provides us with many of the answers for which future generations of authors have been striving.

Not only is this a work of economic genius, but stylistically it ranks among the greatest works of English and world literature, and reading it was one of the greatest pleasures I have known. To the economic and non-economic among you, I cannot implore you too strongly to read this book while you still have blood in your veins, and while your lungs continue to move air in and out of your body.

This is yet another great book from perhaps the greatest economic thinker ever to live. Thank you, Mr Courakis.

This is a remarkable attempt to build the foundations of Indian/Hindu psychiatry. It will touch a chord with anyone who has grown up in India, and is instructive for people seeking to understand how psychiatry and psychoanalysis translate to non-Western cultures.

This book addresses the treatment of chronic depression, a frequently underdiagnosed, misunderstood, and mistreated psychiatric disorder. The book is both a treatment guide for psychotherapists and an explanatory guide for interested patients. (There is an unfortunate shortage of popular literature about chronic depression.)

Until the arrival of Indian Gambling, rather few "deals" offered to Native Americans were good deals, and even the best deals they could get were likely to be broken. The 12 year administration of John Collier, FDR's commissioner of Indian affairs, has been widely regarded as progressive and comparatively beneficent. Collier and his staff were responsible for far-reaching legislation - the Indian Reorganization Act, the Johnson O'Malley Act, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, etc. - which ended the despicable allotment practices of the past, encouraged the recognition and revitalization of Indian cultures and languages, launched the Indian Claims Commission, and added acreage to some tribes' land base (a rare reversal!). On the debit side, however, Collier's efforts to reorganize tribal law and government have been criticized, up to the present, for rigidity and interference with tribal ideas of autonomy. Focusing on the Iroquois tribe, in its original New York homeland and in the relocated reservations in Wisconsin and Oklahoma, Professor Laurence Hauptman attempts to evaluate the impact of the New Deal, for better and worse, on the situation of Native Americans in their expropriated native land.

Franklin D Roosevelt is mentioned on only four pages of this 183-page study! Eleanor Roosevelt plays a far larger role than her husband, but it was Collier, acting semi-independently, who dealt the cards in the New Deal for the Iroquois. Even with Eleanor's formidable support, however, Collier was seldom able to extract enough in appropraiations from the Congresses of the 1930s, dominated by the coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats, to fulfill the promises and good intentions of the New Deal. So it was, of course, with many of FDR's New Deal programs; FDR and his cohort of social liberals crafted their programs, but Congress determined the course of implementation through control of appropriations and tax policy. It's a vast misundersatnding of the history of the 1930s to suppose that Roosevelt, or Roosevelt plus all his cronies, had more than provisional control of the federal government or of the economy. Roosevelt could only dream of wielding the kind of unchallenged executive powers that Johnson, Reagan, or the Bushes have enjoyed. In that sense, Professor Hauptman's book is an excellent case study of the limitations of the New Deal.

For the Iroquois specifically, the New Deal was indeed a pretty good deal. Hauptman writes: "The Iroquois, under a myriad of government programs, reconstructed tribal governments, added to tribal land bases, constructed buildings, community centers, drainage ditches, homes, roads, and wells, revived arts, began an effort to breathe life into the fading Iroquoian languages, and inculcated the young and old with increased pride in being Iroquois." Even those measures of the New Deal which antagonized some had long-term beneficial effects by energizing and empowering Native American leaders to assert their rights to speak for their people.

Another book anyone interested in this subject should read is "The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca" by Anthony Wallace. I'm looking forward to reviewing several important books about aspects of the New Deal in the near future. Indian policy might not seem to be a central issue in the evaluation of FDR's four-term administration, but I'm committed to a kind of history that looks closely at the parts before pronouncing any judgements on the whole.