You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way: New Help for Depression, Anxiety, and Addiction

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"A down-to-earth, hopeful, useful--and, fromthe point of view of this 'recovered'depressive--accurate account of how to treatdepression."--Mike Wallace, 60Minutes.



Colette Dowling watched depressiondestroy her husband's life and leap to the nextgeneration to nearly destroy her daughter's--untildramatic help was found. Now her ground-breaking bookoffer the same lifesaving help to the millions whostill suffer depression and relateddisorders--which include panic, anxiety, phobias, PMS, alcoholand drug abuse, bulimia, migraine, and obesity.You Mean I Don't Have To Feel This Waydocuments the latest research that linksdepression and related disorders to a physical cause andshows why willpower, understanding, andpsychotherapy so often fail to work. It explains thestate-of-the-art medical treatments that can bring aboutdramatic improvement--and often full recovery--withinweeks. This important book includes: startling newlinks between eating disorders, addiction, anddepression. How to recognize the symptoms ofdepression and anxiety disorders. Vital information aboutnew treatments for depressed children andadolescents. A guide to breakthrough drugs for treatingmood, anxiety, and eating disorders. The newestresearch on the use of antidepressants to preventsubstance-abuse relapse. How to find expert help andevaluate the treatment you are given. Upbeat,filled with hope and warmth, Colette Dowling's bookwill change minds and save lives.

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Colette Dowlingis an internationally known writer and lecturer whose books have been translated into 20 languages. She is the author of numerous books, includingMaxing Out,Red Hot Mamas,You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way,andThe Cinderella Complex, which has been in print since it was first published in 1981. Her articles have appeared in many magazines, includingThe New York Times Magazine,New York, andHarper's. She lives in Woodstock, New York.