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Talking to Depression: Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Lifeis Depressed: Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Life Is Depresse

by Claudia J Strauss

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ISBN13: 9780451209863
ISBN10: 0451209869
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When someone suffers from depression, friends and family members naturally want to help-but too often their good intentions come out all wrong. This practical, compassionate guide helps readers understand exactly what their loved one is going through, and why certain approaches help and others have the potential to do damage. Talking to Depression offers specific advice on what to do and what not to do-and what to say and what not to say-to avoid frustration and give the kind of caring, effective support that will make a difference.

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This practical, compassionate guide helps readers understand exactly what their loved one struggling with depression is going through, and why certain approaches help and others have the potential to do damage.
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Claudia J. Strauss is an award-winning communication consultant and educator. An adjunct professor of English at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, she runs a business in strategic communications, and coaches adults with ADD and learning disabilities.
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crowyhead, December 12, 2007 (view all comments by crowyhead)
I read this after a friend of mine read it and said she thought it was excellent. This ia a layperson's guide to depression. It's designed to provide useful, concrete advice for those times when you're afraid that what you say might be misconstrued, or might make things worse rather than better. I think it succeeds admirably in this; I have been severely depressed several times, and there was nothing here that made me roll my eyes or say, "Oh, no WAY would I want to hear that!" Of course, that doesn't mean that everything in the book's going to help specific situations, but it's a good foundation, I think. I do wish that there had been slightly more information about various methods of treatment. Medication and other forms of treatment are often a difficult topic of conversation for depressed people and their loved ones, and some more discussion of the whys and wherefores of that would have been helpful. Overall though, highly recommended.
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ISBN:
9780451209863
Subtitle:
Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Life Is Depressed: Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Life Is Depressed
Foreword:
Manning, Martha
Foreword:
Manning, Martha
Author:
Manning, Martha
Author:
Strauss, Claudia J.
Publisher:
New American Library
Location:
New York
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Family Relationships
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Depression
Subject:
Depression, mental
Subject:
Depressed persons
Subject:
Communication
Series Volume:
80
Publication Date:
January 2004
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
7.76x5.97x.60 in. .49 lbs.
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