Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to how family members and friends can help someone who has depression. Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder are biologic conditions of the mind and body that affect our everyday functioning, thoughts, feelings, and actions. Often devastating to the person, mood disorders can also be overwhelming to their family and close friends, who are frequently the first to recognize the subtle changes and symptoms of depression and the ones who provide daily support. Yet many feel unsure about how to help someone through the course of this difficult and disabling illness. This book is written for them. In Helping Others with Depression, Dr. Susan J. Noonan speaks firsthand from her perspective as a physician who has treated many patients, as a mental health Certified Peer Specialist, and as a patient with personal experience in living with the illness. Her combined professional and personal experiences have enabled her to write an evidence-based, concise
Table of ContentsList of Tables
Foreword, by Maurizio Fava, MD, and Timothy J. Petersen, PhD
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. What Are Mood Disorders?
Chapter 2. Signs of Depression to Look For: Making the Diagnosis
Chapter 3. Healthy Ways to Handle Mood Disorders
Chapter 4. Finding Professional Help
Chapter 5. Paying for Mental Health Treatment
Chapter 6. Challenges in Caring for Someone Who Has a Mood Disorder
Chapter 7. Support and Communication Strategies
Chapter 8. Helpful Approaches
Chapter 9. What You Can Do Now
Chapter 10. When Someone Is Suicidal
Chapter 11. Mood Disorders and Addictions
Chapter 12. For the Parents of a Teen or Young Adult and the Teens with an Affected Parent
Chapter 13. Technology in Mental Health
Chapter 14. Depression in Seniors
Chapter 15. What Recovery Looks Like
Chapter 16. Anticipating Recovery: Skills to Have in Place
Chapter 17. Caring forthe Caregivers
Chapter 18. Dos and Don'ts and Suggested Language
Conclusion
Appendix A. Medications
Appendix B. Psychiatric Advance Directive
Glossary
Resources
References
Index
