David Burn's Feeling Good: Depression
In the book Feeling Good , David Burns, MD, the author, outlines
certain cognitive techniques an individual suffering from depression could use
in combating the disorder. He begins the book by briefly describing the
pertinence and the prevalence of depression. The author captures the audience's
attention in the first paragraph: " In fact depression is so widespread it is
considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances" (Burns, 1992) p. 9.
Burns(1992), continues to suggest that the difference between the common cold
and depression lies in the fact that depression is lethal. Irwing and Barbara
Serason (1996) suggest that at least 90 percent of all suicide victims suffer
from a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. Irwing and
Barbara Serason (1996) also state that one of the risk factors in committing
suicide is the presence of mood disorder. Silverman (1993) states that suicide
among young people 15 to 19......
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