{"product_id":"growing-from-depression-a-gentle-self-help-book","title":"Growing from Depression: A Gentle Self-Help Book","description":"What if depression were a blessing as well as a curse? This is a book about how depression can have benefits as well as costs, and how to reap those benefits while making yourself feel better—better, in fact, than ever before.\n\nSemi-finalist, the BookLife Prize 2021\nYou have, in some sense, embarked on the mythical hero’s journey. Despite being ill-fated, despite starting out as a victim or underdog, the hero is able to rise up to life and experience it in its fullness, rather than merely suffer or survive it and occasionally drink its dregs like so many of us do.\nIn myth, the hero has to travel through hell, or deep into the forest or labyrinth, before slaying the monster and re-emerging as a hero.\nIf your depression is the journey through the Inferno, then let this book be your guiding Virgil.\nIf your depression is the descent into the Cretan labyrinth, then let this book be Ariadne’s ball of red thread.\nA comprehensive, sympathetic, and thought-provoking guide for those who want to explore their depression in more depth.\n—The British Journal of Psychiatry\nThis book brings understanding and encourages independent solutions. It is remarkable in its shortness and practicality.\n—The British Medical Association Book Awards\n I have read most of Dr. Neel Burton's books and have enjoyed them immensely ... All in all, I found this to be a very insightful and engaging book on depression.\n—Jamie Bee, Amazon.com Top 50 Reviewer\nNeel is an incredibly insightful and elegant writer, with a deep knowledge of all he surveys.\n—Dr James Davies, psychotherapist, author of Cracked\nI've read many Neel Burton books. He's a wonderful writer and able to immerse you lightly in pretty heavy stuff.\n—Adrian Bailey, Vine Voice\nAbout the author\nDr Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the recipient of the Society of Authors’ Richard Asher Prize, the British Medical Association’s Young Authors’ Award, the Medical Journalists’ Association Open Book Award, and a Best in the World Gourmand Award. His work has featured in the likes of Aeon, The Spectator, and The Times, and been translated into several languages.\n◆ Grab your copy now for a new and powerful way of looking at depression.\nContents\nPart I: Understanding depression\n1. What is depression?\n2. What does depression feel like?\n3. How bad can things get?\n4. What is psychosis?\n5. Who suffers from depression?\n6. What causes depression?\n7. How is depression diagnosed?\n8. Talking treatments\n9. Antidepressant drugs\n10. Electroconvulsive therapy\n11. A philosophy of depression\nPart II: Modular self-help\n12. The magic ring that lifts depression\n13. Correcting thinking errors\n14. Positive illusions vs depressive realism\n15. Managing stress\n16. Managing anxiety\n17. A philosophical cure for depression\n18. Facing up to death\n19. Facing up to life\n20. The happiness trap\n21. The philosophy of happiness\n22. Aristotle on eudaimonia\n23. Coping with bad news\n24. Coping with boredom\n25. Returning to the world\n26. The Buddhist angle\n27. Cultivating gratitude\n28. Chicken soup for the soul\n29. Mastering sleep\n30. Releasing endorphins\n31. The magic of music\n32. Coping with psychotic symptoms\n33. Coming off alcohol and drugs\n34. Fighting thoughts of self-harm\n35. Fighting suicidal thoughts\n36. The philosophy of suicide\n37. Building relationships\n38. The 7 types of love\n39. Dealing with insults and put-downs\n40. Building self-esteem\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1913260186\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1913260186.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Burton, Neel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698296229949,"sku":"BVV.1913260186.VG","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1913260186-0.jpg?v=1762635355","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/growing-from-depression-a-gentle-self-help-book","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}