All of these questions came to me when i was struggling with my own mental health issues. Following a three-month stint in the mental hospital, i found the help i needed to push through it and get myself back together. I had to stitch myself back together and understand that recovery is a process, not an instant cure. It wasn't easy, but that is part of the reason why i wrote this book.

This book is about my journey with depression and the lessons i learned along the way. It teaches you how to use my techniques to guide you through your own recovery process.

This book is for those who want:

At the same time, depression rates have skyrocketed; twenty percent of americans are now expected to suffer from it during their lives. Doctors, and drug companies, claim that this convergence is a public health triumph: the recognition and treatment of an under-diagnosed illness. Gary greenberg, a practicing therapist and longtime depressive, raises a more disturbing possibility: that the disease has been manufactured to suit (and sell) the cure.