Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.

For Burns the BDC replaced Aaron Beck's BDI which appeared in the 1980 edition of Feeling Good (that Burns says he was grateful for permission to reproduce). Therapist’s Toolkit: Comprehensive Treatment and Assessment Tools for the Mental Health Professional. Burns D.

Burns is an adjunct professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the author of the best-selling book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. Burns popularized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) when his book became a best seller during the 1980s. David D.