Help Me, I'm Depressed: How To Effectively Help Your Family Members, Friends, and Colleagues Dealing With Depression - Paperback

by Jody M. Ehrhardt (Author), Nora Lowy (Editor)

Do you know someone who is suffering from depression? If someone you know is being crushed by the yoke of depression, would you recognize the symptoms? And, if they were depressed, would you know how to help them? In "Help Me, I'm Depressed", the author, a well known expert in the field of depression, shows you how to recognize the symptoms of depression. The author guides you professionally in the approach to helping a family member, friend, or coworker with depression. With so many people living under the cloud of depression, "Help Me, I'm Depressed", offers a new and refreshing approach to helping that loved one, friend, or colleague climb out of the dark pit of depression. Although depression is a silent disease remedies and effective steps exist. Those with depression can emerge from their dark state and experience once again the joys and happiness of life. Inside "Help Me, I'm Depressed", you will discover effective solutions and new strategies for helping someone who is undergoing depression or for dealing with your own depression. Important life saving solutions include the answers to questions such as: How can you differentiate between a "bad mood" and the dangerous signs of depression? Which are the most effective solutions for those who are depressed? How can you help stop the inevitable spiraling into deeper depression? How does someone take back control of his or her life?