We are immersed in a difficult time by the will of historical development, given the overflow of negative events and depression in Ukraine due to the impact of the war and COVID-19 on the psyche of the population, which can be said to be fed by a "virus" of emotional stress.

The question often arises: how to maintain the harmony of your mental organisation in difficult periods? How to avoid depression and prevent it from developing to the level of a painful condition? Or how to cope with it on your own or help a loved one if it has come? This book will help you get the answers."

The reader will learn not only about the variety of causes and their undesirable combination for the emergence of emotional disharmony, but also about the ratio of positive and negative emotions and their impact on the harmonisation of our psyche. Learn to distinguish between temporary physiological depression and its painful manifestations. The reader will learn about options for preventing and treating pathological depression, and, if necessary, its treatment. The book contains almost all the main types of treatment that a psychotherapist recommends (without fail) for yourself or your friends. Traditional methods include drug therapy, art therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, herbal therapy, homeopathy, sleep deprivation, massage therapy, physical therapy, acupuncture, occupational therapy; new methods: laser puncture, autogenic training, suggestive and cognitive psychotherapy; as well as auxiliary methods - music therapy, light therapy, aromatherapy, climatotherapy, colour therapy, animal and tree therapy, horotherapy, meditation, nutritional treatment.

The publication will be useful to anyone who wants to learn how to assess their emotions in order to manage them and experience them correctly. The author also paid attention to some issues related to the peculiarities of a person's temperament, character and personality, his attitude to the vector of life aspirations, awareness and fight against pessimism. He identified the positive impact of shallow temporary depression on human life, which was unexpected for most people. He analysed frequent cases of depression being combined with the work of famous personalities (writers, poets, artists and composers) . And most importantly, the book will provide the necessary information about perhaps the most common and serious disorder of our psyche - depression.