First, have the courage to talk about depression
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Book Introduction
Linda Gask, a leading expert on depression research, reveals her own struggles with depression on EBS's "Great Class."
A book well-received by both people with depression and their families and doctors who want to help them.
Strongly recommended by cognitive psychologist Kim Kyung-il, Yale University psychiatry professor Na Jong-ho, and psychiatrist Kim Ji-yong.
A psychiatric essay in which a psychiatrist reflects on his long-standing struggle with depression.
Even a veteran doctor with over 30 years of experience, including as an advisor to the World Health Organization and a member of the World Psychiatric Association, was struck by depression.
This book is written by a psychiatrist who honestly confesses his own depression without hiding it, and shows that 'depression can happen to anyone' and conveys more powerfully and persuasively than anyone else that 'asking for help is a brave thing to do.'
This book, which contains the courageous confession of a renowned psychiatrist, was published under the title “Your Special Depression” and reached readers once.
Since then, author Linda Gask, who appeared on EBS's [Great Class] as a leading expert in depression research, has once again impressed Korean viewers with her truthful and accurate advice on depression.
Linda Gask's representative work, filled with her true message, has been republished as "The Courage to Speak Out About Depression" following popular support.
The cover of the newly published book, The Courage to Speak Out About Depression, features a painting by Edward Hopper.
The image that conveys the complex inner self of a woman who hesitates and cannot say something is meaningful.
Meanwhile, the author sent a preface to the Korean edition after learning about the reactions of Korean readers following the broadcast of [Great Class] on EBS.
It contains special thoughts for Korean readers and what has changed since confessing his depression.
The author's areas of expertise range from emotions deeply connected to depression (obsession, anxiety, grief, loss, vulnerability) to numerous keywords and symptoms (mental hospitals, self-harm, antidepressants, suicidal impulses).
The methods he personally experienced or used to treat patients are also diverse, including counseling therapy and cognitive therapy.
This book, written by an author who has experienced depression and identifies as an expert on depressive disorders, offers deep empathy for those who have experienced depression while also providing valuable and trustworthy advice.
Linda Gask's courageous confession has sparked a wave of sympathetic responses from readers.
In particular, there were many fellow doctors who confided in me, saying that they too were in the same situation, and there was even a medical student who said that his experience with depression actually gave him confidence in choosing his specialty.
His courageous confession, which he first shared with the world, gave so many people the courage to talk about their depression.
It is often said that people with depression have the most difficulty accurately expressing their complex and painful emotions in words.
The structure of this book, which intersects with the patient's reflections on the path of depression and the empathetic counseling provided by a specialist, is truly special.
Experts such as cognitive psychologist Kim Kyung-il, Yale University psychiatry professor Na Jong-ho, and psychiatrist Kim Ji-yong also added recommendations to this book, which contains the author's surprising confessions and offers accurate advice.
Readers who read the book at the time of its publication also praised it, saying they were helped by the "deep empathy and accurate advice that only someone who has experienced depression knows" and that it "helped them understand their own problems that had been unresolved."
A book well-received by both people with depression and their families and doctors who want to help them.
Strongly recommended by cognitive psychologist Kim Kyung-il, Yale University psychiatry professor Na Jong-ho, and psychiatrist Kim Ji-yong.
A psychiatric essay in which a psychiatrist reflects on his long-standing struggle with depression.
Even a veteran doctor with over 30 years of experience, including as an advisor to the World Health Organization and a member of the World Psychiatric Association, was struck by depression.
This book is written by a psychiatrist who honestly confesses his own depression without hiding it, and shows that 'depression can happen to anyone' and conveys more powerfully and persuasively than anyone else that 'asking for help is a brave thing to do.'
This book, which contains the courageous confession of a renowned psychiatrist, was published under the title “Your Special Depression” and reached readers once.
Since then, author Linda Gask, who appeared on EBS's [Great Class] as a leading expert in depression research, has once again impressed Korean viewers with her truthful and accurate advice on depression.
Linda Gask's representative work, filled with her true message, has been republished as "The Courage to Speak Out About Depression" following popular support.
The cover of the newly published book, The Courage to Speak Out About Depression, features a painting by Edward Hopper.
The image that conveys the complex inner self of a woman who hesitates and cannot say something is meaningful.
Meanwhile, the author sent a preface to the Korean edition after learning about the reactions of Korean readers following the broadcast of [Great Class] on EBS.
It contains special thoughts for Korean readers and what has changed since confessing his depression.
The author's areas of expertise range from emotions deeply connected to depression (obsession, anxiety, grief, loss, vulnerability) to numerous keywords and symptoms (mental hospitals, self-harm, antidepressants, suicidal impulses).
The methods he personally experienced or used to treat patients are also diverse, including counseling therapy and cognitive therapy.
This book, written by an author who has experienced depression and identifies as an expert on depressive disorders, offers deep empathy for those who have experienced depression while also providing valuable and trustworthy advice.
Linda Gask's courageous confession has sparked a wave of sympathetic responses from readers.
In particular, there were many fellow doctors who confided in me, saying that they too were in the same situation, and there was even a medical student who said that his experience with depression actually gave him confidence in choosing his specialty.
His courageous confession, which he first shared with the world, gave so many people the courage to talk about their depression.
It is often said that people with depression have the most difficulty accurately expressing their complex and painful emotions in words.
The structure of this book, which intersects with the patient's reflections on the path of depression and the empathetic counseling provided by a specialist, is truly special.
Experts such as cognitive psychologist Kim Kyung-il, Yale University psychiatry professor Na Jong-ho, and psychiatrist Kim Ji-yong also added recommendations to this book, which contains the author's surprising confessions and offers accurate advice.
Readers who read the book at the time of its publication also praised it, saying they were helped by the "deep empathy and accurate advice that only someone who has experienced depression knows" and that it "helped them understand their own problems that had been unresolved."
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index
Preface to the Korean Edition | For People with Depression and Those Who Want to Help Them
prolog
Vulnerability
awe
loss
wound
A plan gone wrong
Love and Delusion
loneliness
faith
compulsion
mental hospital
Should I take antidepressants?
Facing the past
transition
communication
Condolences
Living in the present
Epilogue
Glossary of Terms
prolog
Vulnerability
awe
loss
wound
A plan gone wrong
Love and Delusion
loneliness
faith
compulsion
mental hospital
Should I take antidepressants?
Facing the past
transition
communication
Condolences
Living in the present
Epilogue
Glossary of Terms
Detailed image
Into the book
When the book first came out, some of my old colleagues seemed quite shocked.
When I told them I was taking antidepressants, some people were flustered and at a loss for words.
He also said that it was brave to reveal it in front of people.
There is an unwritten rule in the medical field that you should remain calm and not show any signs of difficulty.
Above all, I think that you shouldn't do anything that could make you look like a 'weak' person.
But the harm caused by such an attitude is enormous.
There are people around me who have ended their own lives.
But over the past few years, we have begun to see major changes.
--- p.16, from the “Korean edition preface”
When friends or family offer a helping hand, don't say, "I'm fine."
Let's meet with an expert and ask for advice.
There are several ways to overcome depression depending on its severity, but if it interferes with daily life, interferes with work and relationships, and makes life itself difficult, both psychotherapy and medication can be helpful.
--- p.18, from the “Korean edition preface”
A depressed person looks at life through colored glasses.
Not only does your judgment of others become clouded, but so does your judgment of yourself.
We are often told to think 'positively', but even that is not easy for someone who thinks of themselves as useless.
--- p.21, from "Prologue"
I believe that having experienced depression myself has made me a more humane and understanding therapist.
Psychiatrists suffer from depression too.
I experience it more than other doctors.
Just because you're a depression expert doesn't mean you can't get depressed.
I don't know all the answers either.
But there is something I know.
These are the things.
When first-time patients are asked to describe their problem, they often have difficulty expressing it in words.
I feel a certain emotion hidden in a corner of my heart, but I can't think of the right words to express it.
We still don't have a clear understanding of what, why, and how the problem originated.
--- p.27, from "Prologue"
There are many different types of events that can trigger depression, but the most damaging are those that strike a person squarely in the eye of their vulnerability.
It's amazing how, just as a key finds its way into a lock, something happens that perfectly matches a person's vulnerability.
--- p.91, from “A Broken Plan”
The situation where the relationship between therapist and patient is reduced to a single line item on a credit card statement has always been a source of discomfort for me.
However, many therapists believe that financial payment is an important element of the treatment process.
--- p.146, from “Trust”
The overwhelming majority of people with depression do not require psychiatric hospitalization and can benefit from medical help in their recovery.
It doesn't map.
There are now other alternatives, such as more effective psychotherapy (especially useful when depression is accompanied by personality difficulties) and community-based, family-friendly treatment spaces.
--- p.188, from "Mental Hospital"
If it weren't for the medicine, I wouldn't have been able to endure that period and marvel at the clear beauty of a spring morning again.
While medications don't work for everyone, even the most skeptical of people wouldn't deny that they can be of some use to those experiencing severe depression.
--- p.206, from “Should I Take Antidepressants?”
People who are suffering, people who feel disconnected from the world, people who take their own lives because they don't feel the value of life are everywhere around us.
The suffering they experience has many things in common, including various symptoms of depression that doctors memorize and always ask their patients about, but each person's story of suffering and the reasons for suffering from depression are different.
There are many unavoidable realities that are complexly intertwined as we live as humans.
We cannot help people overcome depression without acknowledging and addressing the experiences they each have.
This is why taking medication alone can never be the answer.
When I told them I was taking antidepressants, some people were flustered and at a loss for words.
He also said that it was brave to reveal it in front of people.
There is an unwritten rule in the medical field that you should remain calm and not show any signs of difficulty.
Above all, I think that you shouldn't do anything that could make you look like a 'weak' person.
But the harm caused by such an attitude is enormous.
There are people around me who have ended their own lives.
But over the past few years, we have begun to see major changes.
--- p.16, from the “Korean edition preface”
When friends or family offer a helping hand, don't say, "I'm fine."
Let's meet with an expert and ask for advice.
There are several ways to overcome depression depending on its severity, but if it interferes with daily life, interferes with work and relationships, and makes life itself difficult, both psychotherapy and medication can be helpful.
--- p.18, from the “Korean edition preface”
A depressed person looks at life through colored glasses.
Not only does your judgment of others become clouded, but so does your judgment of yourself.
We are often told to think 'positively', but even that is not easy for someone who thinks of themselves as useless.
--- p.21, from "Prologue"
I believe that having experienced depression myself has made me a more humane and understanding therapist.
Psychiatrists suffer from depression too.
I experience it more than other doctors.
Just because you're a depression expert doesn't mean you can't get depressed.
I don't know all the answers either.
But there is something I know.
These are the things.
When first-time patients are asked to describe their problem, they often have difficulty expressing it in words.
I feel a certain emotion hidden in a corner of my heart, but I can't think of the right words to express it.
We still don't have a clear understanding of what, why, and how the problem originated.
--- p.27, from "Prologue"
There are many different types of events that can trigger depression, but the most damaging are those that strike a person squarely in the eye of their vulnerability.
It's amazing how, just as a key finds its way into a lock, something happens that perfectly matches a person's vulnerability.
--- p.91, from “A Broken Plan”
The situation where the relationship between therapist and patient is reduced to a single line item on a credit card statement has always been a source of discomfort for me.
However, many therapists believe that financial payment is an important element of the treatment process.
--- p.146, from “Trust”
The overwhelming majority of people with depression do not require psychiatric hospitalization and can benefit from medical help in their recovery.
It doesn't map.
There are now other alternatives, such as more effective psychotherapy (especially useful when depression is accompanied by personality difficulties) and community-based, family-friendly treatment spaces.
--- p.188, from "Mental Hospital"
If it weren't for the medicine, I wouldn't have been able to endure that period and marvel at the clear beauty of a spring morning again.
While medications don't work for everyone, even the most skeptical of people wouldn't deny that they can be of some use to those experiencing severe depression.
--- p.206, from “Should I Take Antidepressants?”
People who are suffering, people who feel disconnected from the world, people who take their own lives because they don't feel the value of life are everywhere around us.
The suffering they experience has many things in common, including various symptoms of depression that doctors memorize and always ask their patients about, but each person's story of suffering and the reasons for suffering from depression are different.
There are many unavoidable realities that are complexly intertwined as we live as humans.
We cannot help people overcome depression without acknowledging and addressing the experiences they each have.
This is why taking medication alone can never be the answer.
--- p.288, from "Epilogue"
Publisher's Review
A special counseling story from a psychiatrist who suffers from depression
What is unique about this book is that the way it reflects on life is through ‘counseling.’
The counseling I received as a client, and the counseling I provided to patients as a psychiatrist.
In the book, these two different perspectives of counseling are explored, moving back and forth between past and present, doctor and patient.
At one point, the author becomes a patient who cannot bring himself to express his complex inner self to the doctor, and at another moment, he becomes a doctor who understands and treats the complex inner self of patients.
He carefully navigates the gap between being a patient and a psychiatrist, sharing this experience to heal himself and his patients.
His perspective on depression is not that of an 'external observer' but rather 'empathy from within'.
He uses his own experiences as material to listen to the stories of patients who come to him.
Maybe that's why.
His writings contain no diagnoses, treatments, or examples of success or failure.
However, the rich stories of people with complex and painful inner lives unfold before your eyes.
Every depression has its own special context, and we each become immersed in its story as if we were watching a drama.
As I do this, I find myself discovering things that resemble my depression and am comforted by them.
Just listening to other people's stories, I understand my feelings.
The power to slowly seep in, this thoughtful piece possesses such a remarkable virtue.
Why did I collapse then? Depression comes to everyone under different names.
In the same situation, some people are fine, while others fall apart.
What is the reason? The author explains it through the concept of vulnerability.
Depression comes in different forms to each individual because each individual has different vulnerabilities.
Also, the events that trigger a relapse of depression are all different.
That's why depression can happen to anyone.
The author says, "It's amazing how events always happen that perfectly match a person's vulnerabilities, just as a key finds its right lock."
As a psychiatrist, his perspective is that depression is not a single illness, but a complex and nuanced condition that comes to everyone in different ways and cannot be generalized.
What he has realized over the years as a client and counselor is that everyone has a different moment of collapse.
Because the moments when we face depression, from loneliness and loss to solitude and love and anxiety, are all different, it is important to find each patient's unique vulnerabilities through counseling and discover the starting point that caused their breakdown.
Depression is not something to be diagnosed.
The author's basic attitude is to look at the depressed people with a special eye so that they can tell their stories with an open and generous heart.
The British Journal of Psychiatry praised it as a must-read for many doctors and patients.
Because depression can only be understood when it is not objectified.
In psychiatry, no one speaks first.
Patients who come to the psychiatrist for the first time often have difficulty expressing their problems in words.
There is an uncomfortable feeling in a corner of my heart, but I can't think of the right words to express it.
Symptoms of depression are usually expressed through actions rather than words.
It appears in the form of irritation, anger, and depression, and often the person himself does not know the exact cause.
Because patients delay seeking help and seek psychiatric care only when their situation becomes serious, it becomes more difficult for them to tell their stories first.
It is because of these characteristics of patients who come to psychiatry that author Linda Gask specializes in research on doctor-patient communication.
The author, who has suffered from depression himself, sees through his own experience the turbulent emotions that patients cannot express in words.
And by putting their stories into words, they help people with depression express their complexities.
When he suffers from depression, the outward behaviors that are revealed include obsession with work, obsession with people, addictions, impulsivity, and compulsions.
He doesn't just talk about the feeling of being depressed, he explains the behaviors that come with depression and their causes in understandable and acceptable language.
His confessions, which bring out the symptoms of patients in words, are in themselves 'languages' that help those who suffer from depression but cannot tell their stories even in a psychiatric clinic, and they become valuable confessions that help overcome depression.
A must-read for both doctors and patients.
A book on depression that is both personal and scientifically sound.
The appeal of this book is that, although it is a very personal and personal confession, it extends to a scientific and professional perspective.
The topics covered by the author are very broad, including 'Should I take antidepressants?', 'When is cognitive therapy effective?', 'Transference between patients and doctors', 'Mindfulness', and 'Mental hospitals'.
Nevertheless, the author cautions against overgeneralization of diagnosis, which experts may fall into.
It doesn't say that depression is caused by 'neurotransmitters' in the brain, that it can only be treated through cognitive therapy, or that it can only be treated by revealing childhood experiences or the unconscious.
Instead, he says that because each individual's story is different and special, treatment can only be achieved when we look deeply into each patient's depression and understand it with our hearts.
By unfolding rich personal stories without falling into the trap of simplification of diagnosis, the book not only retains its inherent charm but also maintains its position as a true therapist.
As a patient, doctor, and scholar, the story of depression is comfortable, unadorned, and yet affectionate.
When I feel depressed for no reason, or when depression is eating away at my life, I want to meet her.
The best book.
A must read for many doctors and patients.
British Journal of Psychiatry
What is unique about this book is that the way it reflects on life is through ‘counseling.’
The counseling I received as a client, and the counseling I provided to patients as a psychiatrist.
In the book, these two different perspectives of counseling are explored, moving back and forth between past and present, doctor and patient.
At one point, the author becomes a patient who cannot bring himself to express his complex inner self to the doctor, and at another moment, he becomes a doctor who understands and treats the complex inner self of patients.
He carefully navigates the gap between being a patient and a psychiatrist, sharing this experience to heal himself and his patients.
His perspective on depression is not that of an 'external observer' but rather 'empathy from within'.
He uses his own experiences as material to listen to the stories of patients who come to him.
Maybe that's why.
His writings contain no diagnoses, treatments, or examples of success or failure.
However, the rich stories of people with complex and painful inner lives unfold before your eyes.
Every depression has its own special context, and we each become immersed in its story as if we were watching a drama.
As I do this, I find myself discovering things that resemble my depression and am comforted by them.
Just listening to other people's stories, I understand my feelings.
The power to slowly seep in, this thoughtful piece possesses such a remarkable virtue.
Why did I collapse then? Depression comes to everyone under different names.
In the same situation, some people are fine, while others fall apart.
What is the reason? The author explains it through the concept of vulnerability.
Depression comes in different forms to each individual because each individual has different vulnerabilities.
Also, the events that trigger a relapse of depression are all different.
That's why depression can happen to anyone.
The author says, "It's amazing how events always happen that perfectly match a person's vulnerabilities, just as a key finds its right lock."
As a psychiatrist, his perspective is that depression is not a single illness, but a complex and nuanced condition that comes to everyone in different ways and cannot be generalized.
What he has realized over the years as a client and counselor is that everyone has a different moment of collapse.
Because the moments when we face depression, from loneliness and loss to solitude and love and anxiety, are all different, it is important to find each patient's unique vulnerabilities through counseling and discover the starting point that caused their breakdown.
Depression is not something to be diagnosed.
The author's basic attitude is to look at the depressed people with a special eye so that they can tell their stories with an open and generous heart.
The British Journal of Psychiatry praised it as a must-read for many doctors and patients.
Because depression can only be understood when it is not objectified.
In psychiatry, no one speaks first.
Patients who come to the psychiatrist for the first time often have difficulty expressing their problems in words.
There is an uncomfortable feeling in a corner of my heart, but I can't think of the right words to express it.
Symptoms of depression are usually expressed through actions rather than words.
It appears in the form of irritation, anger, and depression, and often the person himself does not know the exact cause.
Because patients delay seeking help and seek psychiatric care only when their situation becomes serious, it becomes more difficult for them to tell their stories first.
It is because of these characteristics of patients who come to psychiatry that author Linda Gask specializes in research on doctor-patient communication.
The author, who has suffered from depression himself, sees through his own experience the turbulent emotions that patients cannot express in words.
And by putting their stories into words, they help people with depression express their complexities.
When he suffers from depression, the outward behaviors that are revealed include obsession with work, obsession with people, addictions, impulsivity, and compulsions.
He doesn't just talk about the feeling of being depressed, he explains the behaviors that come with depression and their causes in understandable and acceptable language.
His confessions, which bring out the symptoms of patients in words, are in themselves 'languages' that help those who suffer from depression but cannot tell their stories even in a psychiatric clinic, and they become valuable confessions that help overcome depression.
A must-read for both doctors and patients.
A book on depression that is both personal and scientifically sound.
The appeal of this book is that, although it is a very personal and personal confession, it extends to a scientific and professional perspective.
The topics covered by the author are very broad, including 'Should I take antidepressants?', 'When is cognitive therapy effective?', 'Transference between patients and doctors', 'Mindfulness', and 'Mental hospitals'.
Nevertheless, the author cautions against overgeneralization of diagnosis, which experts may fall into.
It doesn't say that depression is caused by 'neurotransmitters' in the brain, that it can only be treated through cognitive therapy, or that it can only be treated by revealing childhood experiences or the unconscious.
Instead, he says that because each individual's story is different and special, treatment can only be achieved when we look deeply into each patient's depression and understand it with our hearts.
By unfolding rich personal stories without falling into the trap of simplification of diagnosis, the book not only retains its inherent charm but also maintains its position as a true therapist.
As a patient, doctor, and scholar, the story of depression is comfortable, unadorned, and yet affectionate.
When I feel depressed for no reason, or when depression is eating away at my life, I want to meet her.
The best book.
A must read for many doctors and patients.
British Journal of Psychiatry
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 20, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 296 pages | 432g | 145*220*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791155816615
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