What People Are Saying

• “There is a wealth of information here. Practical. Accessible. A workbook that is authoritative and current ... helps the reader to realize that not only is there help for depression, there's hope.”

  — Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Duke University Medical Center

• “Melancholy (depression) is "knocking at the door." Howard Stone offers a way to manage, not eliminate that unwanted intruder: depression. Defeating Depression is not an amalgamation of facts to banish the disorderly and disruptive interloper, but a reframing of the possibilities to embrace this uninvited guest. In doing so, Howard Stone offers the means to save not only the individual but the threatened household as well.”

  — The Rev. Dr. Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

• “Right from the beginning of the first page one senses a presence of empowerment and hope for the reader and the gentle yet firm nudge of a voice that beckons, “Let’s get going.”

  — Douglas M. Ronsheim, Executive Director, American Association of Pastoral Counselors

• “Defeating Depression…will give everyone who reads it a new perspective on a disease that has long been seeped in misconceptions and contempt”

  — William D. Po, M.D., Wright State University Boonscroft School of Medicine

• “Stone offers a framework for addressing the multiple dimensions of depression. Persons dealing with depression, family members and friends, as well as clergy and other helping professionals can benefit from this book.”

  — Teresa E. Snorton, Executive Director, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education

• “Defeating Depression: Real Help for You and Those You Love, not only provides a vocabulary for our most intense emotions and feelings associated with depression, it deciphers the often mysterious return to vitality. The work has quickly become my most effective tool in helping the depressed, their loved ones and educating pastoral caregivers.”

  — W. Kyle Fauntleroy, Naval Chaplains School