Self Help:

The Secret Strength of Depression, Fourth Edition

Written by Frederic Flach

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $9.99

"...can make you feel better just by reading it." --Boston Globe

Fully Revised and Updated

Dr. Frederic Flach was one of the pioneers in the study of biology and depression and established the groundwork for the understanding of human resilience. When it was first published in 1974,The Secret Strength of Depression allowed people... Read more >

The Secret Strength of Depression, Fourth Edition
The Self Help Classic, Updated and Revised with Sections on PTSD and the Latest Antidepressant Medications
Written by Frederic Flach, MD, KCHS
Foreword by Peter Whybrow, MD

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $15.00

"...can make you feel better just by reading it." --Boston Globe

Fully Revised and Updated

Dr. Frederic Flach was one of the pioneers in the study of biology and depression and established the groundwork for the understanding of human resilience. When it was first published in 1974,The Secret Strength of Depression allowed people... Read more >

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Written by Harold S. Kushner
Read by Harold S. Kushner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $14.00

Offers a moving and humane approach to understanding life's windstorms.Raises many questions that will challenge your mind and test your faith regarding the ultimate questions of life and death.


From the Hardcover edition. Read more >

Cuando a la gente buena le pasan cosas malas

Written by Harold Kushner

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $11.00

Cuando su hijo fue diagnosticado a los tres años de edad con una enfermedad degenerativa que acortaría su vida en la adolescencia, Harold Kushner se enfrentó a una de las preguntas más angustiantes en la vida: ¿Por qué, Dios? Años más tarde, el rabino Kushner escribió esta contemplación sencilla y elegante... Read more >

How You Can Survive When They're Depressed
Living and Coping with Depression Fallout
Written by Anne Sheffield
Foreword by Mike Wallace

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $14.95

Each year more than 17 million Americans suffer from a depressive illness, yet few suffer in solitude. How You Can Survive When They're Depressed explores depression from the perspective of those who are closest to the sufferers of this prevalent disorder--spouses, parents, children, and lovers--and gives the successful coping strategies of... Read more >

Writing Through the Darkness
Easing Your Depression with Paper and Pen
Written by Elizabeth Maynard Schaefer

Format: Trade Paperback, 216 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $15.95

Virtually everyone copes with significant grief and turmoil at times. WRITING THROUGH THE DARKNESS offers a menu of writing approaches--freewriting, memoir, poetry, and storytelling--to alleviate the anguish, confusion, and pain associated with depression. Quotes and writing samples from students provide inspiration and encouragement, and extensive resources direct readers to additional writing... Read more >

Standing In the Shadows
Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men
Written by John Head

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $22.95

A first-of-its-kind exploration of black men and depression from an award-winning journalist

The first book to reveal the depths of black men’s buried mental and emotional pain, Standing in the Shadows weaves the author’s story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression with a cultural analysis of how the illness is perceived... Read more >

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Written by Harold S. Kushner

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.95

Offers a moving and humane approach to understanding life's windstorms.Raises many questions that will challenge your mind and test your faith regarding the ultimate questions of life and death.


From the Hardcover edition. Read more >

Cuando a la gente buena le pasan cosas malas

Written by Harold Kushner

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $11.00

Cuando su hijo fue diagnosticado a los tres años de edad con una enfermedad degenerativa que acortaría su vida en la adolescencia, Harold Kushner se enfrentó a una de las preguntas más angustiantes en la vida: ¿Por qué, Dios? Años más tarde, el rabino Kushner escribió esta contemplación sencilla y elegante... Read more >

Black Men and Depression
Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends
Written by John Head

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $15.00

In mainstream society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men are suffering in silence or getting treatment only in extreme circumstances–in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, and prisons. The... Read more >

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Written by Harold S. Kushner

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2004
Price: $11.95

When Harold Kushner’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life’s most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy... Read more >

Resilience
Discovering a New Stength at Times of Stress
Written by Frederic Flach, MD, KCHS
Foreword by Stephen Moss, Ph.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2004
Price: $15.95

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Words That Heal the Blues
Affirmations and Meditations for Living Optimally with Mood Disorders
Written by Douglas Bloch

Format: Trade Paperback, 207 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2004
Price: $12.95

“Affirmations (positive self-statements) are a simple and time-proven way of redirecting the mind to accentuate the positive. When you turn your mind to something positive and life affirming, the negative has no place in your mind to dwell. It’s as if the neurons literally light up a different pathway or circuit... Read more >

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
20th Anniversary Edition, with a New Preface by the Author
Written by Harold S. Kushner

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2001
Price: $21.00

As a young theology student, Harold Kushner puzzled over the Book of Job. As a small-town rabbi he counseled other people through pain and grief. But not until he learned that his three-year-old son, Aaron, would die in his early teens of a rare disease did he confront one of life's... Read more >

Understanding and Overcoming Depression
A Common Sense Approach
Written by Tony Bates
Foreword by Paul Gilbert

Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2000
Price: $12.95

Depression is more common than we want to believe. Bates ’s heartwarming message is that clear and compassionate thinking helps build self-esteem and gives us back a trust in ourselves that gets lost when we become depressed. UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING DEPRESSION is a useful tool that helps sufferers and their families... Read more >