Depression affects more than 350 million people from different age groups. Depressed mood, total fatigue, sleep disturbances, inability to concentrate on something and unwillingness to do even what you love is just a small list of what a patient with depression faces every day. Many, not seeing the meaning in their lives, make attempts to lay hands on themselves. And every sixth succeeds. Klaus Bernhardt's book Depression and Burnout. How to understand the true causes of bad mood and get rid of them" is worth reading both those suffering from depression and those who want to help the sick. On its pages, the author, himself suffering from a severe form of depression and emotional burnout, talks about the main reasons for the development of these conditions and shares his own methods of combating unhealthy melancholy.