This book puts the whole subject of depression where it belongs - as a medical and personal problem; one that does have a solution. It is a book for people who suffer from or have suffered from depression themselves, as well as for those who have someone depressed close to them. Mary Jane Warr tackles this very difficult subject head-on, yet with a compassion and understanding born of personal experience with the condition. Avoiding technical terminology she explains in sensible, easy-to-understand language what depression really is, what causes it and, above all, how to overcome it, bringing the reader to a resolution, not only of their depression but of the causes of their condition as well.