Albert Yeung is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA. Greg Feldman is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Simmons College and Research Fellow, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA. Maurizio Fava is Executive Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.

• Preface; 1. The use of self-management for depression; 2. Care management of depression: treatment of depression in primary care and the need for a multidisciplinary approach; 3. Self-assessment instruments for depression; 4. Self-help: the role of bibliotherapy and computerized psychotherapy in self-management for depression; 5. Physical exercise as a form of self-management for depression; 6. Self-management of depression using meditation; 7. Cultivating social support: the role of peer-support in self-management; 8. Putting it all together: applying self-management for depression in your practice; Index.

'… extremely useful … highlights all the issues and flags up points to consider when planning a self-management programme for depression … timely … the book is good at addressing most of the queries and concerns that clinicians have when seeking to enact this model.' Psychological Medicine

Albert Yeung is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA. Greg Feldman is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Simmons College and Research Fellow, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA. Maurizio Fava is Executive Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.

• Preface; 1. The use of self-management for depression; 2. Care management of depression: treatment of depression in primary care and the need for a multidisciplinary approach; 3. Self-assessment instruments for depression; 4. Self-help: the role of bibliotherapy and computerized psychotherapy in self-management for depression; 5. Physical exercise as a form of self-management for depression; 6. Self-management of depression using meditation; 7. Cultivating social support: the role of peer-support in self-management; 8. Putting it all together: applying self-management for depression in your practice; Index.

'… extremely useful … highlights all the issues and flags up points to consider when planning a self-management programme for depression … timely … the book is good at addressing most of the queries and concerns that clinicians have when seeking to enact this model.' Psychological Medicine

Albert Yeung is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA. Greg Feldman is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Simmons College and Research Fellow, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA. Maurizio Fava is Executive Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.

• Preface; 1. The use of self-management for depression; 2. Care management of depression: treatment of depression in primary care and the need for a multidisciplinary approach; 3. Self-assessment instruments for depression; 4. Self-help: the role of bibliotherapy and computerized psychotherapy in self-management for depression; 5. Physical exercise as a form of self-management for depression; 6. Self-management of depression using meditation; 7. Cultivating social support: the role of peer-support in self-management; 8. Putting it all together: applying self-management for depression in your practice; Index.

'… extremely useful … highlights all the issues and flags up points to consider when planning a self-management programme for depression … timely … the book is good at addressing most of the queries and concerns that clinicians have when seeking to enact this model.' Psychological Medicine