What to Do When Someone You Love is Depressed

What to Do When Someone You Love is Depressed

by Mitch Golant (Author)

Synopsis

What to Do When Someone You Love is Depressed explains in full and compassionate detail the essential role of the caregiver, or "strengthened ally, " and how important you can be in guiding a loved one through depression. It also teaches you the warning signs of serious illness, how to distinguish between a real depression and a normal case of the blues, how to handle seasonal affective disorder or postpartum depression, how to comfort a depressed person, how to maintain intimacy and communication, how to deal with the mental-health community, the most successful forms of treatment, specific things to say and do that will help, when depression can be dangerous, and what to do if someone you love threatens suicide.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Published: 30 Apr 1998

ISBN 10: 080505829X
ISBN 13: 9780805058291

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Will bring hope and comfort to the loved ones of those who struggle to overcome this most common of mental illnesses. --Rosalynn Carter
Author Bio
Mitch Golant, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with a private practice and the director of the Wellness Community. Susan K. Golant is a writer who specializes in physical and mental health and is co-author with Rosalynn Carter of Helping Yourself Help Others. They live in West Los Angeles.