Bieling, Peter J., & Antony, Martin M. Ending the Depression Cycle: a Step-by-Step Guide for Preventing Relapse

Adolescence, Summer, 2004

BIELING, Peter J., & ANTONY, Martin M. Ending the Depression Cycle: A Step-by-Step Guide for Preventing Relapse. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2003. 260pp. $17.95 (p).

Fifty percent of those who recover from depression relapse within three years. This guide provides up-to-date information, effective strategies, and practical advice to help you stay free from depression. Ending the Depression Cycle will help you: recognize the repeating cycle of depression and identify the stage you are dealing with; learn everyday strategies that will keep you depression-free; deal with stress using mindfulness meditation and powerful coping techniques; examine underlying attitudes and lifestyle problems that contribute to your depression; decide whether continuing antidepressant medication and/or therapy is right for you; and use new skills to think realistically, have fun, and stay above the depression cycle.