Elaine Iljon Foreman, MSc, is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and has researched and treated anxiety and depression for over 25 years. Charles H Elliott, PhD, and Laura L Smith, PhD, are clinical psychologists.

Introduction.

Part I: Discovering Depression and Designing Defences.

Chapter 1: Understanding and Overcoming Depression.

Chapter 2: Detecting Depression.

Chapter 3: Breaching Barriers to Change.

Chapter 4: Finding Help for Depression.

Part II: Seeing Things More Clearly: Cognitive Therapy.

Chapter 5: Uncovering Underlying Thought Processes.

Chapter 6: Dispersing the Dark Clouds of Depressive Thinking.

Chapter 7: Discovering the Distorting Perceptions Behind Depression.

Chapter 8: Amending Your Memory.

Part III: Actively Combating Depression: Behaviour Therapy.

Chapter 9: Don't take it Lying Down!

Chapter 10: Exercising to Lift Depression.

Chapter 11: Rediscovering Healthy Pleasures.

Chapter 12: Handling Life's Headaches.

Part IV: Adjusting to Changing Relationships.

Chapter 13: Working through Loss, Grief, and Mourning.

Chapter 14: Revitalising Relationships.

Part V: Full Bodied Assault: Biological Therapies to Fight the Physical Foe.

Chapter 15: Maximising Medication Benefits.

Chapter 16: Help and Hope: Exploring Complementary Therapies for Depression.

Part VI: Life After Depression.

Chapter 17: Reducing the Risk of Relapse.

Chapter 18: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness.

Chapter 19: Heading for Happiness Through Positive Psychology.

Part VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways of Improving Your Mood.

Chapter 21: Ten Ways of Helping a Child with Depression.

Chapter 22: Ten Ways of Helping a Friend or Partner with Depression.

Appendix: Resources for You.

Index.