What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed : A Self-Help and Help-Others Guide

Filled with compassion and understanding, this guide covers caring for someone who has the blues as well as dealing with someone who is clinically depressed, even suicidal. This compassionate, helpful book will bring hope and comfort to the loved ones of those who struggle to overcome the most common of mental illnesses.Rosalynn Carter #160; When someone you love is depressed . . .#160; #160; . . . you feel lost, afraid, confused. . . . you long for the person who was. . . . you dont recognize who he or she has become. . . . you feel shut out.#160; . . . you feel angry and frustrated. . . . you feel drained. . . . you are desperate for a way to connect. . . . you feel guilty and alone.#160; . . . you will do anything to help. #160; What motivates me now is to share with you what I've learned about how to cope when someone you love is depressed. What I have discovered from years of training and from having counseled hundreds of families who have shared their sorrows and their joys is that there are ways you can help someone you love who is depressed. And in that process, you will grow closer.from#160; What to Do When Someone You Love is Depressed Depression is America's most common mental illness, suffered by seventeenmillion of us. It is estimated that 98% of all Americans will be forced to cope in some waqy with this devastating illness. As a young man, Mitch Golant had to face the fact that his mother was seriously depressed. How he and his family learned to live with this crippling condition, and how it catapulted Mitch into life as a clinical psychologist, is just the beginning of this book, which teaches you how to battle depression in someone you love