My Friend Is Depressed. Does That Excuse Her Flakiness?

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who wants to help a struggling pal but is growing frustrated ...
Psychology Today

Reaching Out to a Friend Who Is Depressed

Written by Nancy Sweeney, CLC, and Cara Gardenswartz PhD at GroupTherapyLA. Watching someone you care about slip away into the shadows of depression is a painful, helpless experience. You want to ...

First on CNN: Noninvasive brain treatment for depression proves helpful

At Stanford, a treatment that aims magnetic pulses at the brain is showing results for people with treatment-resistant ...
Today

I hid my postpartum depression ... until a friend got me to find help

I lied to the first person who asked me if I had postpartum depression. Four days after giving birth, I was sitting on a chair in the pediatrician’s office, holding my crying newborn, who was there ...
Psychology Today

Where Can My Depressed Friend Get Help?

I have a friend (for the past 20 years) who is extremely negative and depressed, impossible to deal with, irrational and who is completely draining me. Any and all suggestions I give to better her ...
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Guys Are Sharing How They've Helped Friends Deal With Depression

Mental health remains a subject surrounded by stigma, which is slowly being broken down through open and honest conversations. Communication on this topic is ...

Teen depression treatment: Evidence-based options that work

Radial reports that teen depression is prevalent yet under-treated. Effective options include therapy, antidepressants, and ...
People

Mark Ruffalo Recalls ‘Devastation’ After His Best Friend Died by Suicide and How He Learned to Manage His Depression

“With all the people who have died in my life… I'm living for them now,” the actor said Team Coco/YouTube Mark Ruffalo recalled the death of his best friend years ago amid his own struggle with ...