Richard O'Connor, a psychotherapist, provides information about depression and skills that can help people learn how to replace depressive patterns of thinking, relating, and behaving with more effective set of skills.

Understanding depression -- The experience of depression -- Diagnosing depression -- Explaining depression -- The world of depression -- Emotions -- Behavior -- Thinking -- Stress and depression -- Relationships -- The body -- The self -- Treating depression medically -- Psychotherapy, self-help, and other means to recovery -- Work and a sense of purpose -- Living, together and apart -- Children and adolescents -- Community -- The rest of the story -- A program for recovery -- Beyond recovery.