Depression. Helping without losing yourself

Depression. Helping without losing yourself

A guide for friends and family Updated edition

When a loved one suffers from depression, the process is often difficult for family and friends to understand. This book shows how you can give the sufferer concrete support without losing yourself. Effective strategies to help relatives get through everyday life with a victim of depression. It will also protect you from being caught up in the maelstrom of depression.

• With new chapters on depression in old age and in children/adolescents
• Further advice for friends and family to help them carry on
• Updated information on treatment including online therapy and serious games