Anxiety & Depression

Rich Wemhoff's book does not treat anxiety and depression directly — instead it functions as a carefully organized annotated directory of the best available resources on each topic, grouping them by subject area and flagging single standout picks for specific sub-topics. Multiple index formats by title, author, publisher, subject, and media type make it genuinely easy to navigate. For counselors building client reading lists in the late 1990s, this was a practical and well-constructed tool. The honest caveat is significant: the publication date is 1998, and a resource-guide format built around specific book and video recommendations ages faster than almost any other self-help genre. Most of the individual resources it champions have since been superseded, and internet search has replaced the directory function almost entirely. Worth knowing as a historical snapshot of the field; limited as a current clinical tool.