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Gotten Brian to talk to someone who could help him with his depression on an ongoing basis. (It's an incredible burden for a friend to be the only person who knows that someone is suicidal.
I have a very best friend who has been feeling really down and depressed. He stopped going to treatment.
Mental health experts tell Lisa Salmon that depression in older adults is just as common as it is in young people, but it can ...
The easy-to-make mistake when supporting a friend who might be depressed It's common to try to lift the spirits of people suffering from mental health issues like depression—but that's a mistake.
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 ...
Dear Annie: My best friend and I have been close for over 20 years. We’ve seen each other through marriages, divorces, parenting challenges, health scares — you name it. She is the person I ...
Such was the predicament one parent faced recently when a friend of their teenage son’s mentioned in passing, after a sleepover, that their son “seemed kinda depressed”.