A clear and understandable book by the American clinical psychologist and university professor Dr. Stephen S. Ilardi presents a clinically proven depression treatment program based on lifestyle changes, and not on the use of antidepressants. The effectiveness of the program, which consists of six steps, is demonstrated by the author using the examples of specific patients. The publication not only helps to understand how insidious a disease depression is, but also gives hope that it can be treated and cured. The book can help both those who suffer from depression and their loved ones - family and friends, and last but not least, everyone who wants to avoid depression in their lives, wants to take care of their mental and physical health, and is familiar with the idea of ​​a healthy lifestyle.

Ilardi claims that man is not adapted to the frantic pace of the 21st century. The lifestyle of the Euro-American civilization is compared to the way of life of the natives of Papua New Guinea, who, like our prehistoric hunter-gatherer ancestors, spend most of the day moving in the air and in the sun, where they procure natural food in the company of other tribe members. And they don't know depression.