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Sounds interesting. Could anyone please point to more literature along these lines?

by mih 13y ago

MartinCron 13y ago
The general concept is called "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" or just CBT. One of the classic CBT workbooks (specifically for depression) is "Mind Over Mood" http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Mood-Change-Changing/dp/0898621283/ http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Mood-Change-Changing/dp/0898... I'm sure if you look you could find other books that are a little more academic than instructional, if that's what you're after. Edit to add: Even though it looks like it might be, this isn't soft touchy-feely self-help bullshit. CBT has been proven as an effective treatment for things like depression. There's real science here.
stinkytaco 13y ago
The Now Habit, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy are several popular works in this area. Now Habit and Feeling Good both address the feedback loop we create in our own mind. Not the external pressure of life, but the internal dialogue we create around it. 7 Habits is about action steps and asking yourself "What should I really be doing." And, for a more "runway level" approach to borrow the phrase from the next one: Getting Things Done. EDIT: I was just about to add CBT, but I see someone beat me to it. Feeling Good is by one of the early practitioners of CBT.
bgilroy26 13y ago
Feeling good by David Burns is good, but you kind of have to buy in to it. Otherwise the tone and language can seem California fluffy.
- charlieflowers 13y ago
  Did you know that a study was done around the "Feeling Good" book, and that it was shown that merely reading it was way more effective vs. depression than antidepressants?! (Unfortunately, I don't have the details in front of me and couldn't pull them up quickly via Google. Maybe someone else can provide a link).
  - bgilroy26 13y ago
    The claims are noted in the 20th anniversary version of the book. I believe the biggest difference between medicine and reading was relapse rate rather than a big difference in how much improvement people saw. I believe them. They're persistent strategies.

Sounds interesting. Could anyone please point to more literature along these lines?

by mih 13y ago

Sounds interesting. Could anyone please point to more literature along these lines?

The general concept is called "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" or just CBT. One of the classic CBT workbooks (specifically for depression) is "Mind Over Mood" http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Mood-Change-Changing/dp/0898621283/ http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Mood-Change-Changing/dp/0898... I'm sure if you look you could find other books that are a little more academic than instructional, if that's what you're after. Edit to add: Even though it looks like it might be, this isn't soft touchy-feely self-help bullshit. CBT has been proven as an effective treatment for things like depression. There's real science here.

stinkytaco 13y ago

The Now Habit, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy are several popular works in this area. Now Habit and Feeling Good both address the feedback loop we create in our own mind. Not the external pressure of life, but the internal dialogue we create around it. 7 Habits is about action steps and asking yourself "What should I really be doing." And, for a more "runway level" approach to borrow the phrase from the next one: Getting Things Done. EDIT: I was just about to add CBT, but I see someone beat me to it. Feeling Good is by one of the early practitioners of CBT.

bgilroy26 13y ago

Feeling good by David Burns is good, but you kind of have to buy in to it. Otherwise the tone and language can seem California fluffy.

charlieflowers 13y ago
Did you know that a study was done around the "Feeling Good" book, and that it was shown that merely reading it was way more effective vs. depression than antidepressants?! (Unfortunately, I don't have the details in front of me and couldn't pull them up quickly via Google. Maybe someone else can provide a link).
- bgilroy26 13y ago
  The claims are noted in the 20th anniversary version of the book. I believe the biggest difference between medicine and reading was relapse rate rather than a big difference in how much improvement people saw. I believe them. They're persistent strategies.