"...can make you feel better just by reading it." -- Boston Globe

Fully Revised and Updated

Dr. Frederic Flach was one of the pioneers in the study of biology and depression and established the groundwork for the understanding of human resilience. When it was first published in 1974, The Secret Strength of Depression allowed people suffering from depression to no longer feel trapped in stigma and shame.

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