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Getting Your Life Back
by Jesse Wright, Monica Ramirez Basco
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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Free Press (April 02 2002)
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Chapter 1: Getting Started
When you've been feeling down for a while, it's easy to get discouraged. You can begin to doubt that life will ever get easier, that the pain will cease, that the frustration will ever stop.

Chapter 1: The Five Keys to Recovery from Depression
Although each person's personal story is unique, there are some common themes that thread their way through the lives of most people who become depressed. The Five Keys are directed at these common clusters of problems.

Chapter 1: A Plan for Recovery
This initial effort to solve a few problems is just the beginning of an overall plan for feeling better and getting your life back on track. In the next chapter you will start to build your Personal Plan for Recovery by measuring your symptoms



Book Description

In this powerful new self-help program, Wright and Basco show you how to blend the best methods of scientifically tested treatments to win the battle against depression. By following their step-by-step instructions, you will be able to develop a Personal Plan for Recovery that you can use to get well and stay well.

The flexible plan lets you learn about and master the Five Keys to Recovery in the sequence that's best for you. Some people may want to work through all five keys; others may find they are able to achieve the level of health they want with just a few. Whether you learn the self-help strategies of cognitive-behavior therapy, rely on prescription antidepressants, try herbal remedies, work on mending relationships, focus on spiritual growth, or use a combination of methods, the Personal Plan for Recovery is a breakthrough tool that allows you to take control of your own treatment.

Conversational and filled with guided exercises and strategies that work, Getting Your Life Back is an empowering book that maximizes each person's strengths and potential.

About the Author

Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D.Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D.

Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of psychiatry at the University of Louisville and medical director of the Norton Psychiatric Center. He developed the first multimedia program for computer-assisted therapy of depression and is the founding president of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky..

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Monica Ramirez Basco, Ph.D.Monica Ramirez Basco, Ph.D.

Dr. Monica Basco is an internationally recognized expert in cognitive-behavior therapy and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She has lectured throughout North America as well as in South America and Europe and has been training psychologists and physicians for the past 12 years. She is the author of three books, numerous research and magazine articles, and has appeared on several radio and television shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show.

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