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The Human Dimension of Depression: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis, Understanding, and Treatment

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I thought that this book is great. It helped me in finding ways to treat, and prevent it. I thought that this is a great book to read if you have any questions, this is a great find. I highly recommend it.

The author's expected audience are "the professional, the depressive himself, or the target family and friends who want to help the depressive." p xiv

This book is a vault of information. The information is beneficial to both the therapist and the patient. The contents are broken into 4 parts: Diagnosis, Cause, Prevention, and Treatment. Throughout the book the author's illustrated examples help the reader understand the subject matter.

This is the second book that I have read from this author. He is a great author/teacher.

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Notes worth mentioning:

p 88-91- I learned that therapist may not be right in the section called the "attributes of the Evaluator-Clinician"

p 121- "preventing depression requires: . . .5. Avoiding becoming over reliant on authority. Patients should be informed consumers . . . not entrusting their lives to others without first checking and evaluating their credentials."

p 170 - The author mentions the "harsh realities" between the therapist and the patient.

p 182-183 An interesting directive for the therapist. "The therapist should recognize that potential depressives are sensitive to criticism. This is because . . ."

p 216-218 "Giving Bad Advice" assist the therapist on "recognizing the dark side of some oft-given advice."