Your Depression Map: Find the Source of Your Depression and Chart Your Own Recovery Product Type: Book Author(s): Randy J., Ph.D. Paterson Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Release Date: November, 2002 List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $13.97

What Other Customers Had to Say About This Item [ Average Customer Rating: 4 ] Rating: 5 :: Practical, useful, real-world help Randy J. Paterson, PhD has spent years treating depression. The results of everything he has learned through both education and experience are distilled into "Your Depression Map". The author points out that there are many, many different causes of depression and many, many different types of depression. Each of these different kinds of depression requires a solution that is designed to relieve that particular type. Based on this idea, he leads the reader through an understanding of the different types, how to determine the type that you have, and a pathway to recovery. He deals effectively with myths about depression, building your personal recovery plan, and a discussion of the journey to recovery and what you should expect. Even issues of how to deal with depression in real life are covered. For example he deftly covers the kind of professionals that you may need to seek help from, medication, living with emotions, building and maintaining a social network, and preventing future difficulties. If you are dealing with depression or know someone who is fighting that battle, this is an excellent book and a highly recommended purchase. Rating: 1 :: same old same old- ----rehash It's been done before- the same stuff as in every other book on this subject- there's nothing new added. Rating: 5 :: A superb resource and self-help book Your Depression Map is a superb resource for individuals suffering from depression and the health care professionals who endeavor to assist them. Dr. Paterson has clearly shown that he has a passion for helping people to help themselves as the book is filled to the brim with information, tools, and insights that readers can put to use to assist themselves or others with this problem that is so pervasive in our society. As a counselling professional I have read many other books on depression and its treatment. Never have I found a book on depression that is so complete and accessible as this one.