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9. Books, PsychCentral, and The People's Pharmacy

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 07:29 AM

Mar 2013

A book that's helped a lot of people is:
"Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" by David Burns
http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-The-Mood-Therapy/dp/0380810336/ref=rec_dp_1

PsychCentral.com has a lot of good information,
including a discussion forum at http://forums.psychcentral.com/
some book recommendations at http://psychcentral.com/lib/2008/recommended-books-on-depression/
and in particular the article: "When You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy"
at http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/when-you-cant-afford-psychotherapy/

The People's Pharmacy is a weekly radio show by Joe and Terry Graedon,
it's carried on many public radio stations.
Joe is a pharmacologist, Terry is an anthropologist.
Their recent shows can be downloaded free.
Here's a list of their shows on depression: http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/whatailsyou/depression.php
You know it's good stuff because their "about" page says (among many other things):

Joe...was elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow for "exceptional contribution to the communication of the rational use of pharmaceutical products and an understanding of health issues to the public" in 2005.

(What is a AAAS Fellow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_AAAS )

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what can a person do about depression when they cannot afford medical treatment. [View all] seabeyond Mar 2013 OP

as a chronically depressed person (but still an optomist) hollysmom Mar 2013 #1

thank you. he is so social. i think AA would be a perfect fit for him. seabeyond Mar 2013 #3

how I got my husband to go hollysmom Mar 2013 #5

wow. to both your stories. seabeyond Mar 2013 #6

Sea, there are sliding scale mental health treatment/counselors available in most areas...but hlthe2b Mar 2013 #2

lots of good stuff in this post. seabeyond Mar 2013 #4

boy, it is the biggest problem in mental health. mopinko Mar 2013 #7

i agree that meetings would be beneficial for him fizzgig Mar 2013 #8

Books, PsychCentral, and The People's Pharmacy bananas Mar 2013 #9

What State is he in? Downwinder Mar 2013 #10

I was also going to ask where he is BainsBane Mar 2013 #11

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