My coauthors and I were delighted to receive a review from the Journal of Family Medicine for You Will Get Through This. Thank you to Dr. Kenneth Lin for your in-depth assessment of our book! He shared:
“Although some may utilize the book as a reference for specific health conditions, it is an easy read from front to back. The descriptions of psychotropic medications and their indications were accurate, and I learned new details about different types of psychotherapy. In writing for a broad audience, the authors make special efforts to be inclusive of historically marginalized persons and discuss the impacts of individual and institutional racism, sexism, and implicit bias, where relevant. For example, in the infertility chapter, they observe that “white, cisgender women and heterosexual couples have been centered in the research and treatment of reproductive concerns, to the detriment of other races, genders, and identities” (p 144).
Overall, You Will Get Through This is a valuable and up-to-date resource for people seeking mental health first aid for themselves or loved ones. It is designed to complement, but not replace, care from family physicians and mental health professionals. Each relatively short chapter provides considerably more in-depth information than a typical online or electronic health record-generated patient education handout. Physicians could recommend that patients purchase the book or check it out from their local library, while educators could use it as a teaching tool for health professions students and primary care residents.”
You can read the full review here:
https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/2025/september/br-lin-0040/
