Using examples of famous (Vincent Van Gogh, Fyodor Dostoyevksy) and not so famous artists and creative people who have struggled with depression, Dr Maisel shows what lessons can be learned from them and how depression can be harnesed and put to creative use. His four-step, non-pharmaceutical treatment plan offers insights for anyone involved in the creative process and legitimizes for many creative people suffering from depression their own instinctive feeling that standard treatments are not the whole answer.