I Can See Tomorrow: A Guide for Living with Depression Book

For those who are seeing the signs of depression in themselves and looking for answers, this thoughtful, respectful, and thorough book takes the mystery out of depression and points the way to recovery. Because dealing with depression is not a do-it-yourself project, Patricia Owen offers a hand and holds out hope. She outlines a practical, balanced approach to treatment that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors. The result is an invaluable volume that works as a self-help book or as an adjunct to professional treatment-and that could mean the difference between the darkness of depression and the light of a new day.

Patricia L. Owen, Ph.D., is the director of the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden in Center City, Minnesota.

The high rate of efficacy and lack of side effects of the newer antidepressants (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox) have led to what may be a false reliance on psycho pharmacology as the sole means of recovery from the psychiatric disorder of depression. This book offers a broader context for the medication and an extended range of suggestions to improve the chances of recovery, the quality of recovery, and the prevention of relapse.