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Chapter 1 – Whisper To A Scream
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Chapter 2 – The Dark Contract
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Chapter 3 – Do Antidepressants Cause Depression, Violence & Suicide?
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Chapter 6 – Your Body Feeds Your Mind
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Chapter 8 – The Healing Power of Sleep
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20. Breus, M. (2011). The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan. Rodale, p. 5
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22. Medina, J. (2008). Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. Pear Press.
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28. Breus, M. (2006). Good Night. Dutton, p. 100
Chapter 9 – The Boob Tube
1. Americans Watching More TV Than Ever; Web and Mobile Video Up too [WWW page]. The Nielsen Company. URL
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2. Robinson JP & Martin S. What do happy people do? Social Indicators Research, December 2008
3. Lucas, M. (2011). Relation Between Clinical Depression Risk and Physical Activity and Time Spent Watching Television in Older Women: A 10-Year Prospective Follow-up Study. American Journal of Epidemiolog, Volume174, Issue9. p. 1017-1027.
4. Primack, B., et al. (2009). Association Between Media Use in Adolescence and Depression in Young Adulthood. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 66(2):181-188.
5. Edelson, E. (2009). Teen TV Time Tied to Adult Depression [WWW page]. Health.com. URL http://news.health.com/2009/02/03/teen-tv-time-tied-adult-depression/
6. Ibid.
7. Page, A., et al. (2010). Children’s Screen Viewing is Related to Psychological Difficulties Irrespective of Physical Activity. Pediatrics, 126:5 D1-D6.
8. Screen Time Linked to Psychological Problems in Children [WWW page]. Science Daily. URL http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101011085958.htm
9. Kubey, R., Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002). Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor. Scientific American. February 2002
10. Golman, D. (1990, October 16). How Viewers Grow Addicted To Television. The New York Times. URL http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/16/science/how-viewers-grow-addicted-to-television.html
11. Krugman, H. (1971). Brain wave Measures of Media Involvement. Journal of Advertising Research 11.1, 3-9.
12. Moore, W. (2001). Television:Opiate of the Masses. The Journal of
Cognitive Liberties, Vol. 2, Issue No. 2, p. 59-66.
13. Ibid.
14. Mulholland, T. (1976). Feedback control and quantification of the response of EEG alpha to visual stimulation. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Volume 1, Number 4, 411-422
Chapter 10 – Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
1. Burns, D., (1980). Feeling Good. HarperCollins, p. 13.
2. Shumsky, S. (2006). Miracle Prayer: Nine Steps to Creating Prayers That Get Results. Ten Speed Press.
3. Burns, D., (1980). Feeling Good. HarperCollins, p. 61.
4. Baxter, L.R., Schwartz, J.M., Bergman, K.S., et al . (1992). Caudate glucose metabolic rate changes with both drug and behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Arch. Gen Psychiatry, 49:681-689.1992.
5. Taylor, J. (2008). My Stroke of Insight. Viking, p. 176.
Chapter 11 – The 90 Second Rule
1. Taylor, J. (2008). My Stroke of Insight. Viking.
2. Leonard, C. (2009). Laugh Your Way to Health [WWW page]. Natural News. URL http://www.naturalnews.com/026311_laughter_humor_health.html
American Physiological Society. (2008). Anticipating A Laugh Reduces Our Stress Hormones, Study Shows [WWW page]. Science Daily. URL http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080407114617.htm
Bennett MP, Lengacher C. (2006). Humor and laughter may influence health. I. History and background. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 3:61–3.
Bennett MP, Zeller JM, Rosenberg L, McCann J. (2003). The Effect of Mirthful Laughter on Stress and Natural Killer Cell Activity. Altern Ther Health Med, 9:38–45.
Berk LS, Felten DL, Tan SA, Bittman BB, Westengard J. (2001). Modulation of Neuroimmune Parameters During the Eustress of Humor-Associated Mirthful Laughter. Altern Ther Health Med, 7:62–72. 74–166.
Henman, L. (2001). Humor as a Coping Mechanism: Lessons From POWs. International Journal of Humor Research, 14.1 83-94.
Martin, R. (2007). The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach. Elsevier.
McGhee, P. (1999). Health, Healing, and the Amuse System: Humor as Survival Training. Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Skinner N, Brewer N. (2002). The Dynamics of Threat and Challenge Appraisals Prior to Stressful Achievement Events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 83(3), 678-692.
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3. Berk LS, Felten DL, Tan SA, Bittman BB, Westengard J. (2001). Modulation of Neuroimmune Parameters During the Eustress of Humor-Associated Mirthful Laughter. Altern Ther Health Med, 7:62–72. 74–166.
4. Taylor, J. (2008). My Stroke of Insight. Viking, p.
5. Zou, L., et al. (2008). Single Trial Evoked Potentials Study during an Emotional Processing Based on Wavelet Transform. Advances in neural networks – ISNN 2008: 5th International Symposium on Neural Networks, Part 1. Springer-Verlag, p. 1.
Chapter 12 – CBT
1. Antonuccio, D. (1995). Psychotherapy for Depression: No Stronger Medicine. American Psychologist, p. 450-52.
Jamison, C., & Scogin, F. (1995). Outcome of cognitive bibliotherapy with depressed adults. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 63, 644-650.
Santrock, J. (1994). The Authoritative Guide to Self-Help Books. Guilford Press.
Scogin, F., Hamblin, D., Beutler, L. (1987) Bibliotherapy for depressed older adults: a self-help alternative. The Gerontologist, 27, 383-87.
Scogin, F., Jamison, C., Davis, N., (1990) Two-year follow-up of bibliotherapy for depression in older adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 58(5), 665-667.
Scogin, F., Jamison, C., and Gochneaut, K. (1989). The comparative efficacy of
cognitive and behavioral bibliotherapy for mildly and moderately depressed
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Smith, N. M., Floyd, M. R., Jamison, C., Scogin, F. (1997). Three-year followup of bibliotherapy for depression. J Consult Clin Psychol, 65: 324–327.
2. Burns, D. (1990). Feeling Good Handbook. Plume, p. xiv.
3. Antonuccio, D. O., Danton, W. G., & DeNelsky, G. (1995). Psychotherapy vs. medication for depression: Challenging the conventional wisdom with data. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 26, 574-585.
4. Burns, D. (1990). Feeling Good Handbook. Plume.
Chapter 13 – Hypnotherapy
1. Lipton, B. (2006). The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles. Hay House, p. 93.
2. History of hypnosis and hypnotism [WWW page]. International Association of Pure Hypnoanalysts (IAPH). URL http://www.hypnoanalysis.com/history-of-hypnosis.html
3. Alladin, A., Alibhai, A. (2007). Cognitive hypnotherapy for depression: an empirical investigation. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(2):147-66.
4. Hypnosis: Overview [WWW page]. Mayo Clinic. URL http://www.mayoclinic.org/hypnosis/
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Chapter 14 – If You’re Thinking About Suicide
1. Burns, D. (1980). Feeling Good. HarperCollins, p. 384.
2. Ibid. p. 13.
3. Ibid. p. 391-92.
4. Ibid. p. 393.
Chapter 15 – Get A Coach
1. Antonuccio, D., et al. (1995). Psychotherapy Versus Medication for Depression: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom With Data. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Vol. 26, No. 6, 574–585.
2. Wampold, B. (2001). The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, Methods, and Findings. Routledge.
3. Brafman, O., Brafman, R. (2008). Sway. Doubleday, p. 95-96.
4. Antonuccio, D. (1995). Psychotherapy for Depression: No Stronger Medicine. American Psychologist, p. 450-52.
5. Kessler, D., et al. (2009). Therapist-delivered Internet psychotherapy for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 374:628-34.
6. Lynn, S., et al. (2010). Hypnosis, rumination, and depression: Catalyzing attention and mindfulness-based treatments. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 58(2), 202-221.
McCann, B., et al. (2010). Hypnosis in the treatment of depression: considerations in research design and methods. Int J Clin Exp Hypn, 58(2):147-64.
Willemsen, R. et al. (2010). Hypnosis in refractory alopecia areata significantly improves depression, anxiety, and life quality but not hair regrowth. J Am Acad Dermatol, 62(3):517-8.
Yapko, M. (2010). Hypnosis in the treatment of depression: an overdue approach for encouraging skillful mood management. Int J Clin Exp Hypn, 58(2):137-46.
Dobbin, A., et al. (2009). A benchmarked feasibility study of a self-hypnosis treatment for depression in primary care. Int J Clin Exp Hypn., 57(3):293-318.
Yexley, M. (2007). Treating postpartum depression with hypnosis: addressing specific symptoms presented by the client. Am J Clin Hypn., 49(3):219-23.
Yapko, M. (2001). Hypnosis in treating symptoms and risk factors of major depression. Am J Clin Hypn., 44(2):97-108.
McCloskey, M., et al. (1999). State and trait depression, physical and social anhedonia, hypnotizability and subjective experiences during hypnosis. Am J Clin Hypn., 41(3):231-52.
Kirsch, I., et al. (1995). Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy: a meta-analysis. J Consult Clin Psychol, 63(2):214-20.
Deltito, J., et al. (1986). Hypnosis in the treatment of depression: research and theory. Psychol Rep., 58(3):923-9.
Passero, S., et al. (1981). Depression of cerebral glucose utilization during animal hypnosis in the rabbit. Neurosci Lett., 21(3):345-9.
Teschke, E., et al. (1975). Cortical involvement in tonic immobility (“animal hypnosis”): effect of spreading cortical depression. Behav Biol., 13(1):139-43. No abstract available.
Levit, H. (1973). Depression, back pain and hypnosis. Am J Clin Hypn., 15(4):266-9.
Carli, G., (1968). Depression of somatic reflexes during rabbit hypnosis. Brain Res., 11(2):453-6.
Abrams, S. (1964). Implications Of Learning Theory In Treatment Of Depression By Employing Hypnosis As An Adjunctive Technique.. Am J Clin Hypn., 6 (3), 13-21.
Bures, J., et al. (1956). The Influencing Of Reflex Acoustic Epilepsy And Reflex Inhibition (Animal Hypnosis) By Spreading Eeg Depression. Physiol Bohemoslov, 5(4), 395-400.
Chapter 16 – Light It Up
1. Breus, M. (2011). The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan. Rodale Books, p. 118
2. Benedetti, F., et al. (2003). Morning light treatment hastens the antidepressant effect of citalopram: a placebo-controlled trial, J Clin Psychiatry, 64(6):648-53.
Prasko, J. (2008). Bright light therapy. Neuro Endocrinol. Lett. 29 Suppl 1: 33–64.
Terman, M., Terman, J. (2005). Light therapy for seasonal and nonseasonal depression: efficacy, protocol, safety, and side effects. CNS Spectr, 10 (8): 647–63.
Terman, M. (2007). Evolving applications of light therapy. Sleep Med Rev, 11 (6): 497–507.
Tuunainen, A., et al. (2004). Light therapy for non-seasonal depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 2.
3. Lieverse, R., et al. (2011). Bright Light Treatment in Elderly Patients With Nonseasonal Major Depressive Disorder, A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 68(1):61-70.
4. Rabin, R. (2011). Light Therapy for Depression [WWW page]. The New York Times. URL
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6. Strong, R., et al. (2009). Narrow-band blue-light treatment of seasonal affective disorder in adults and the influence of additional nonseasonal symptoms. Depress Anxiety, 26(3):273-8.
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Chapter 17 – Laugh and Change Your Brain Chemistry
1. Adams, P. (1998). Gesundheit!: Bringing Good Health To You, The Medical System, And Society Through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor And Joy. Healing Arts Press.
2. Ibid.
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4. Junkins, E. (2007). The Power of Laughter [WWW page]. LaughterTherapy.com. URL http://www.laughtertherapy.com/Articlebestbetforblues.htm#Article:%20Power%20of%20Laughter
5. Fry, W., & Salameh, W. (Eds.). (1987). Handbook of humor and psychotherapy: Advances in the clinical use of humor. Professional Resources. Exchange, Inc.
6. Fonzi, L. (2010). Laughter and depression: hypothesis of pathogenic and therapeutic correlation. Rivista di psichiatria, 45(1):1-6.
7. Maxwell, V. (2009). Depression: No Laughing Matter–Or Is It? [WWW page]. Psychology Today. URL http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201109/healing-effects-humor/depression-no-laughing-matter-or-is-it
8. Damasio, A. (1999). The Feeling of What Happens: Body & Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. Harcourt.
Pert, C. (1997). Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine, Simon & Schuster.
Upledger, J. (1990). SomatoEmotional Release and Beyond. UI Publishing Inc.
Upledger, J. (2003). Cell Talk. North Atlantic.
9. Steinem, G. (1993). Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem. Little, Brown and Company, p. 175.
10. Junkins, E. (2007). The Power of Laughter [WWW page]. LaughterTherapy.com. URL http://www.laughtertherapy.com/Articlebestbetforblues.htm#Article:%20Power%20of%20Laughter
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12. Provine, R. (2000). Laughter: A Scientific Investigation. Viking Adult.
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Chapter 18 – Write It Out
1. Sample, I. (2009, February 15). Keeping a diary makes you happier [WWW page]. Guardian News. URL http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/15/psychology-usa
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Chapter 19 – Build Your Team
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