Happiness is something we can produce, at least in part, from the choices we make and the things we do. Psychiatrist Frank Minirth emphasizes the choices that lead to happiness in his book, In Pursuit of Happiness.
Minirth is particularly known for his work in Christian
psychology.
The book is full of references to the Bible, with
scriptures selected to provide advice in several areas of life that have a
strong effect no happiness. I found this to be one of the best parts of the
book.
The author is also a medical
doctor. As such, he also believes that some can benefit from drugs, other
medical treatment and psychological counseling. He emphasizes the power of God,
but he does not minimize the benefits of medicine. The main body of the book
does not deal much with the medical treatment of depression, anxiety or
other treatable disorders that affect happiness other to point to the potential
benefits of medical treatment. However, the book includes several appendices on
the biological
causes and medical treatment (including drugs) of anxiety, depression, dementia
and other diseases.
Most of the book is very easy to read. Each chapter plainly
follows an outline and flows from subject to subject. To a great degree,
readers may skip around to the chapters that are most relevant to them and
still make sense of the book.
If you’re
interested in this book, you may also be interested in
Anxious
for Nothing by Max Lucado
The
Beethoven Factor by Paul
Pearsall
The
Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die by John Izzo
Happiness
is a Choice by Barry Neil
Kaufman
I
Can Make You Happy by Paul
McKenna
The
Instinct to Heal by David
Servan-Schreiber
It's
Not Always Depression by
Hilary Jacobs Hendel
Language
and the Pursuit of Happiness by
Chalmers Brothers
Lost
Connections by Hari Johnson
The
100 Simple Secrets of Happy People by David Niven
100
Ways to Happiness by Timothy
Sharp
Rewire
Your Anxious Brain by
Catherine M. Pittman & Elizabeth M. Karle
Secrets
You Keep from Yourself by
Dan Neuharth
The
Solution by Lucinda Bassett
Think 4:8 by Tommy Newberry & Lyn
Smith
Minirth, Frank. In
Pursuit of Happiness: Choices that Can Change Your Life. Grand
Rapids, MI: Fleming
H. Revell, 2004.
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