 | The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.99 Buy it, simple as that. Very thorough
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 | Undoing Depression: What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and MedicationCan't Give You by Richard O'Connor
Buy used from: £5.17 Buy it, simple as that. May not have as much information as The Noonday demon but I preferred this book
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 | Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £1.84 Great book on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The Feeling Good Handbook is also reccomended
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 | Healing Without Freud or Prozac: Natural Approaches to Curing Stress, Anxiety and Depression Without Drugs and Without Psychoanalysis by David Servan-Schreiber
Buy new: £4.99 I am not sure about EMDR and his last chapter on Emotional Connections is poor but very good if you want some alternative solutions to depression this has them
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 | I Don't Want to Talk About It by Terrence Real
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £5.00 Very good book about depression in males, very family therapy orientated
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 | Potatoes Not Prozac by Kathleen Desmaisons
Buy used from: £0.01 Diet is very important. Mentions using proteins and less simple carbohydrates. A precursor to the South Beach Diet
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 | Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto by Anneli S. Rufus
Buy new: £4.18 / Used from: £3.31 Helps you to feel less alone ironically and also special. If you need to spend time alone and have a small circle of friends this is for you
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 | The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Surivive and Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £3.97 Links in nicely with the book above. If you don't like to be watched doing your everyday tasks, if you need time alone everyday and if you are startled easily then you may be highly sensitive
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 | The Thyroid Solution by Ridha Arem
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £4.94 Maybe you have been misdiagnosed? Also its worth mentioning that people who are on lithium for long period of time know it effects their thyroid
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 | Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment by Martin E.P. Seligman
Buy new: £9.75 / Used from: £10.91 How about a psychologist studying how to make people feel happier and better about their lives instead of just curing their depressive symptoms! About time someone wrote a book like this
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 | The Road Less Travelled: The New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M.Scott Peck
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £1.75 One of the wisest books to come out of the 20th Century. It talks a lot about god but I hope that doesn't put you off.
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 | Life Strategies: The No-nonsense Approach to Turning Your Life Around by Phillip C. McGraw
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £0.01 If you haven't seen him on Oprah, or Living TV then prepare to be shocked. Doesn't pussyfoot around and tells you what you might not want to hear. Good life laws though
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 | People Skills by Bolton
Buy new: £3.17 / Used from: £1.84 Many depressed people have poor social skills, this may help. Also a good section on Assertiveness skills too.
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