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National Bestseller - Over five million copies sold worldwide!
From renowned psychiatrist Dr. David D. Burns, the revolutionary volume that popularized Dr. Aaron T. Beck's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and has helped millions combat feelings of depression and develop greater self-esteem.
Anxiety and depression are the most common mental illnesses in the world, affecting 18% of the U.S. population every year. But for many, the path to recovery seems daunting, endless, or completely out of reach.
The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be alleviated. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life, enabling you to:
Nip negative feelings in the bud Recognize what causes your mood swings Deal with guilt Handle hostility and criticism Overcome addiction to love and approval Build self-esteem Feel good everydayThis groundbreaking, life-changing book has helped millions overcome negative thoughts and discover joy in their daily lives. You owe it to yourself to FEEL GOOD!
"I would personally evaluate David Burns' Feeling Good as one of the most significant books to come out of the last third of the Twentieth Century." ?- Dr. David F. Maas, Professor of English, Ambassador University
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De Quincey fou un dels primers a comprendre els problemes del llenguatge per a expressar la veritat. Fent servir un humor grotesc, aquest tractat subverteix la retòrica, fent servir amb aquest propòsit un cas concret, la defensa estètica de l'assassinat i una crònica minuciosa d'alguns homicidis famosos a Londres al segle XIX.
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Kirkus Review
Another spin-off attempting to masquerade as ""new""--rooted, this time, in the insights of rational-emotive therapy and, less conclusively, in portions of behaviorism. Its basic premise, hammered in for 400-odd pages, is that our depressions result not from external circumstances but from our own negative thoughts about them--negative thoughts which are always ""gross distortions."" After painstakingly describing just how we wound ourselves with such thought disorders as ""all-or-nothing thinking"" and ""discounting the positive""--patterns which he strives to talk us out of--Burns (Center for Cognitive Therapy, Univ. of Pennsylvania) plods through an endless array of prescribed lists, evaluations, inventories to deal with everything from irritability to procrastination. Oh, yes, certain depressions are acceptable, as when a loved one dies (except that it's not really depression, it's sadness, unless of course we choose to get irrational about the whole thing); and Burns does have enough sense to refer suicidal readers to professionals for help. But the extravagant claim that cognitive therapy as outlined in this book is more effective than antidepressant drugs, and can effect a cure in as little as twelve weeks, is unsupported here: all the author is doing is trying to dissuade us from destructive attitudes. If that alone could alter severe unhappiness, depression would have been cured long ago. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Part I Theory And Research | p. 7 |
| 1. A Breakthrough in the Treatment of Mood Disorders | p. 9 |
| 2. How to Diagnose Your Moods: The First Step in the Cure | p. 19 |
| 3. Understanding Your Moods: You Feel the Way You Think | p. 28 |
| Part II Practical Applications | p. 51 |
| 4. Start by Building Self-Esteem | p. 53 |
| 5. Do-Nothingism: How to Beat It | p. 81 |
| 6. Verbal Judo: Learn to Talk Back When You're Under the Fire of Criticism | p. 131 |
| 7. Feeling Angry? What's Your IQ? | p. 149 |
| 8. Ways of Defeating Guilt | p. 198 |
| Part III "Realistic" Depressions | p. 229 |
| 9. Sadness Is Not Depression | p. 231 |
| Part IV Prevention and Personal Growth | p. 259 |
| 10. The Cause of It All | p. 261 |
| 11. The Approval Addiction | p. 290 |
| 12. The Love Addiction | p. 311 |
| 13. Your Work Is Not Your Worth | p. 327 |
| 14. Dare to Be Averagel Ways to Overcome Perfectionism | p. 352 |
| Part V Defeating Hopelessness And Suicide | p. 381 |
| 15. The Ultimate Victory: Choosing to Live | p. 383 |
| Part VI Coping With The Stresses And Strains Of Daily Living | p. 407 |
| 16. How I Practice What I Preach | p. 409 |
| Part VII The Chemistry Of Mood | p. 425 |
| 17. The Search for "Black Bile" | p. 427 |
| 18. The Mind-Body Problem | p. 455 |
| 19. What You Need to Know about Commonly Prescribed Anti-depressants | p. 474 |
| 20. The Complete Consumer's Guide to Antidepressant Drug Therapy | p. 513 |
| Notes and References (Chapters 17 to 20) | p. 682 |
| Suggested Resources | p. 688 |
| Index | p. 693 |
