CONTENTS:

I. Theroy and research

1. A breakthrough in the treatment of mood
2. How to diagnose your moods: the first step in the cure
3. Understanding your mood: you feel way you think

II. Practical applications

4. Starr by bulding self-esteem
5. Do-nothingism: how to beat it
6. Verbal judo: learn to talk back when you're under the fire of criticism
7. Feeling angry? what's ypur IQ?
8. Way of defeating guilt

III. "Realistic" depressions

9. Sadness is not depression

IV: Preventionm and personal growth

10. The cause of it all
11. The approval addiction
12. The love addiction
13. Your work is not your worth
14. Dare to be averagel ways to overcome perfectionism

V. Defeating hopelessness and suicide

15. The ultimate victory: choosing to live

VI. Coping with the stresses and strains of daly living

16. How Ipractice what i oreach

VII. The chemistry of mood

17. The search for "Black Bile"
18. The mind-body problem
19. What you need to know about commonly prescribed anti-depressants
20. the complete consumer's guide to antidepressant drug therapy