Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes

Therese Borchard has written a book that is a fascinating amalgam of memoir and advice. I don't want to call "Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression and Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes" a "self-help" book, because even though Borchard has included lots of ways for people with depression and anxiety to help themselves, she'd be the first to say that anyone with mental illness needs outside help and support.

Borchard built her platform as an author the very hard way: She earned it through years of suffering with manic-depression. She channeled some of her lessons in her popular "Beyond Blue" blog for Beliefnet but in this new book, she also offers hope to those with similar difficulties.