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Self-help, checked against the evidence

Which self-help books still hold up?

Each review asks where the book's claims come from, whether the research behind them has held up, and what a reader can actually use. Judged on evidence, not the bestseller list.

HOLDS UP

Feeling Good, by David D. Burns

Latest reviews

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Source checked

Every review separates controlled studies from the author's practice and from anecdote.

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Replication noted

If a finding a book depends on failed to replicate, the review says which one.

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What to take from it

Each review ends with the parts worth using, even when the book overreaches.

A self-help book should be judged by whether its advice works, not by how confidently it is written.

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One book a month, read properly.

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