Beat the Blues Before They Beat You
How to Overcome Depression
by Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.
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Pub Date Aug 01 2010 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
Beat the Blues Before They Beat You, the follow-up to best-selling author Robert Leahy's The Worry Cure, outlines the causes, symptoms, and treatments for depression in a clear and easy-to-read manner. Real-life patient stories combined with simple step-by-step instructions help you understand depression. Learn what triggers your moods. Figure out how to defeat feelings of fatigue, loneliness, and hopelessness. Design a plan to develop self-confidence. Determine what treatments-both medication and therapy-are available to prevent relapse. Beat the Blues Before They Beat You is a collection of the most powerful tools in cognitive therapy to help you curb your thoughts and behaviors, so you can begin to feel good again.
Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., is recognized as one of the most respected cognitive therapists in the world and is known internationally as a leading writer and speaker in this revolutionary field. He is the director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York City, and past president of both the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Leahy has written and edited 17 books, including the best-selling The Worry Cure; and has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek, Psychology Today, The Washington Post, Women's Health, Self, and USA Today. His media appearances include 20/20, Good Morning America, and The Early Show.
Advance Praise
Beat the Blues Before They Beat You is a masterful guide by a masterful clinician. It lays out the typical problems of depression and provides clear explanations as to how to solve them. This is a must-read for anyone suffering from depression-and who hasn't at some point in his or her life?
- Aaron T. Beck, M.D., emeritus professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, winner of the Lasker Award in Medicine
If you are depressed or vulnerable to depression, this book is for you. Written by one of the world's leading experts in cognitive-behavior therapy, it provides a thoughtful and balanced account of depression and how to overcome it using tried and tested strategies.
- Christopher G. Fairburn, M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of Oxford, author of Overcoming Binge Eating
Dr. Leahy is unique in the mental-health field in his combination of high rigor, accessibility, and readability to consumers and clinicians alike. His new book, Beat the Blues Before They Beat You, is the epitome of these qualities and will be of genuine help to those who suffer from depression.
- Thomas Joiner, distinguished research professor and Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology, author of Why People Die from Suicide
Beat the Blues Before They Beat You gives clear-headed, concise, and practical guidelines for tackling the most common problems in depression. Based on the most current research and clinical work, Leahy once again gives you the tools to help yourself overcome your depression. It's a book that you can pick up and start using today. Empowering, engaging, and enlightening.
- Allison Harvey, University of California, Berkeley
Eminently readable and practical, this state-of-the-art book provides compassionate and user-friendly help for beating depression. I highly recommend it both to practitioners and their patients.
- G. Terence Wilson, Ph.D., Oscar K. Buros Professor of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781401921682 |
| PRICE | 19.95 |
| PAGES | 256 |
