Websites
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MoodGYM
MoodGYM is an innovative, interactive web program designed to prevent depression. It consists of five modules, an interactive game, anxiety and depression assessments, downloadable relaxation audio, a workbook and feedback assessment. -
The Antidepressant Skills Workbook
The Antidepressant Skills Workbook (ASW) gives an overview of depression, explains how it can be effectively managed according to the best available research, and gives a step-by-step guide to changing patterns that trigger depression.
Online Videos
Kevin Breel tells the story of his depression and struggles with suicidal thoughts. This very popular TED Talk is helps viewers understand how anyone can suffer from depression and learn to accept it and seek help.
This WHO video describes depression and explains that recognizing depression and seeking help is the first and most critical towards recovery.
Books & E-Books
Books
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Mind over Mood by Written by two clinical psychologists, this manual shows you how to improve your life using cognitive therapy. Step-by-step worksheets teach you specific skills that have helped thousands of people conquer depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, and relationship problems. -
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Drawing on the collective wisdom of four mindfulness experts, this volume offers effective relief from the most prevalent psychological disorder: clinical depression. -
Creating Optimism by Based on the authors' more than 20 years of research and practice, this unique, seven-step program challenges the conventional wisdom that healing occurs from the inside out. It shows that real change comes from building healthier relationships with other people, our own bodies, nature, and spirituality. The program can be used either without medications or in conjunction with them. -
I Can See Tomorrow by I Can See Tomorrow offers the basic, daily skills needed to live with depression. Information includes an examination of the new antidepressants; information on how to find a therapist; the effects on family members and career; and the relationship between depression and chemical dependency.
E-Books
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Beating the Blues: New approaches to overcoming dysthymia and chronic mild depression by Mild depressions are so insidious that sufferers often don't seek help. They think, "That's just the way I am. There's really not much I can do about it." As Dr. Michael Thase and science writer Susan S. Lang reveal in this wonderful new book, the good news is they can do something about it. Persistent mild depression, which afflicts up to 35 million Americans, can be readily and permanently cured. -
The Depression Sourcebook by "The Depression Sourcebook" is a complete guide to understanding mood disorders, including what can be done to lessen symptoms and alleviate suspected causes. This revised second edition provides new information on psychotherapy, bipolar disorders, depression in children and elderly people, medications, and treatment options such as exercise and nutrition.
