If your friend is dealing with depression, here are five ways to help. People are willing to speak more on the issue and even singer undefinednot too long ago. More people are coming out to speak ...

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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 ...

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who wants to help a struggling pal but is growing frustrated. By Lori Gottlieb Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist and best-selling author ...

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Dear Amy: I have a very close friend who is extremely depressed. She is negative about every aspect of her life: marriage, career and self-image. She posts negative memes on Facebook about how ugly ...

If you have a profoundly depressed friend, you may need to set reasonable limits. Hi Irene, What do you do to safeguard your own sanity from an extremely depressed person, who sucks you dry, ...

I have a friend I’ll call “Scott.” We have known each other for 15 years or so and have been retired for the last few years. He enjoyed working before he retired due to a plant closure. Now Scott ...

Wright, a psychotherapist in New York, cringes when clients with depression report back on what their friends or family ...

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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 ...