Depression in Context: Strategies for Guided Action

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Summary: Strategies for action in the management of depression
Review: Christopher Martell, et.al.'s Depression In Context covers strategies for action in the management of depression. It's one of Neil Jacobson's last contributions to the study of depression and here he works with Martell and Michael Addis in presenting behavioral approaches to treating depression.

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Summary: Straightforward, Research-Based, and Interesting Treatment
Review: I found this book highly readable, practical, and engaging at a theoretical level. I came away learning some new therapeutic techniques, but even more so the book helped me explore a very different way of thinking about depression (or other mental health problems). The authors do a good job contrasting a contextual view of depression with the other major models including biological, cognitive, and interpersonal. This is not your run-of-the mill psychotherapy book. Buy it and you won't be dissapointed!