Depression is afflicting the population in epidemic proportion and impairing the quality of life of millions. The entire book is structured intelligently to make the matter readable, useful and interesting. It initially describes the causes, the various types, features of depression and how it grips its victims. It then presents valuable information about tried and tested tools for combating depression elaborating on various modalities of treatment that are available and the ways in which therapies help in gaining control over the disorder. This book instils hope, the pathfinder, in the possibility of successfully overcoming depression. The book will be valuable to lay readers, healers and the caregivers.