Malkin, given your comment above, I thought you might find this interesting. A breathtaking 11-minute TED talk from 19-year-old comic Kevin Breel about what it's like to live with depression--not something very responsive to the "buck up" approach to mental health. http://video-subtitle.tedcdn.com/tal...3X-480p-en.mp4

I have read some articles lately about mental health programs that are specifically designed to teach people ongoing coping skills directly related to their mental health symptoms, and some of that sounds very promising.