Using the vivid, poignant and personal stories of the members of a website support group she founded (www.depressionfallout.com), Anne Sheffield, the author of two highly acclaimed books on depression, provides an honest record of what happens to a love relationship once depression enters the picture, and offers solid advice on what the non–depressed partner can do to improve his or her own life and the relationship.
 Of the millions of people who suffer from a depressive illness, few suffer in solitude. They draw the people they love – spouses, parents, children, lovers, friends – into their illness. In her first book, How You Can Survive When They're Depressed, Anne Sheffield coined the phrase 'depression fallout' to describe the emotional toll on the depressive's family and close friends who are unaware of their own stressful reactions and needs. She outlined the five stages of depression fallout (confusion, self–doubt, demoralisation, anger, and the need to escape) and explained that these reactions are a natural result of living with a depressed person.

Depression Fallout: The Impact of Depression on Couples and What You Can Do to Preserve the Bond

Sheffield, Anne

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William Morrow Paperbacks

Each year more than 17 million Americans suffer from a depressive illness, yet few suffer in solitude. How You Can Survive When They're Depressed explores depression from the perspective of those who are closest to the sufferers of this prevalent disorder--spouses, parents, children, and lovers--and gives the successful coping strategies of many people who live with a clinical depressive or manic-depressive. Depression fallout is the emotional toil on the depressive's family and close friends who often are so focused on the welfare of the depressive, they are unaware of their own stressful reactions and needs. Sheffield outlines the five stages of depression fallout: confusion, self-doubt, demoralization, anger, and, finally, the desire to escape. Many people will find relief in the knowledge that their self-blame, guilt, sadness, and resentment are a natural result of living with a depressed person. Family and friends may even go through an unacknowledged period of mourning for the pre-depression person who has ceased temporarily to exist. These well-intentioned caregivers of depressives and manic-depressives suffer in painful silence, believing their own problems have no claim to attention. Sheffield brings together many real-life examples from the pioneering support group she attends at Beth Israel Hospital of how people with depression fallout have learned to cope. From setting boundaries to maintaining an outside social life, she gives practical tactics for handling the challenges and emotional stresses on a day-to-day basis. For example, a depressed spouse may make random threats of divorce and unfounded accusations of infidelity or deny the need for professional help. Sheffield counsels the depression fallout victim on how to deal with these and other typical behaviors, as well as providing invaluable information about both drug- and talk-therapy options and how to select the best practitioners for the depressive. No other book about depression focuses so clearly on the needs of the family and friends of a depressive and gives such a thorough program and sympathetic support to enable them to reclaim their lives and bring their depressive back to health. With an introduction from an expert physician, Donald F. Klein, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, How You Can Survive When They're Depressed is the self-help book for depression fallout sufferers.

How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Harmony

Each year more than 17 million Americans suffer from a depressive illness, yet few suffer in solitude. How You Can Survive When They're Depressed explores depression from the perspective of those who are closest to the sufferers of this prevalent disorder--spouses, parents, children, and lovers--and gives the successful coping strategies of many people who live with a clinical depressive or manic-depressive and often suffer in silence, believing their own problems have no claim to attention. Depression fallout is the emotional toll on the depressive's family and close friends who are unaware of their own stressful reactions and needs. Sheffield outlines the five stages of depression fallout: confusion, self-doubt, demoralization, anger, and finally, the desire to escape. Many people will find relief in the knowledge that their self-blame, guilt, sadness, and resentment are a natural result of living with a depressed person. Sheffield brings together many real-life examples from the pioneering support group she attends at Beth Israel Medical Center of how people with depression fallout have learned to cope. From setting boundaries to maintaining an outside social life, she gives practical tactics for handling the challenges and emotional stresses on a day-to-day basis.

Wallace, Mike

Klein, Donald F.

Parenting & Relationships

The daughter of a depressed woman explains the psychological and physical issues surrounding this common disease, offering readers valuable advice how to help their own daughters diagnose and treat depression. 25,000 first printing.

Sorrow's Web : Overcoming the Legacy of Maternal Depression

Free Press

One of every four women suffers from depression at some point in her life, often during the prime childbearing years, yet most fail to recognize the telltale signs of this common, treatable illness and its potentially negative effects on the children of all ages. Drawing on her experience as both a child of a depressed mother and as a depressed mother herself, as well as on extensive research by experts in psychiatry, psychology, and child development, Books for a Better Life award winner Anne Sheffield offers advice on how to: <ul>
<li>recognize the symptoms of depression and protect children from their impact</li> <li>choose among the range of medical and psychotherapeutic options available</li> <li>outline a strategy for fathers that will help them and the marriage weather the crisis</li> <li>ensure that the illness does not return</li> </ul> As the first book to demystify, destigmatize, and humanize a long-taboo subject, Sorrow's Web points the way to sustaining and regaining a loving relationship between mother and child.

Sorrow's Web: Hope, Help, and Understanding for Depressed Mothers and Their Children

"The problem is dropouts who don't know why they dropped  out. I know why I dropped out, so I'm not a problem." Brent, 18    "I don't consider myself a dropout, 'cause I'm not. I'm not quitting,  you know?...I'm just taking a temporary pause." Sheila, 17    Eavesdrop on these powerful voices as they reveal to the teenage  editors of Children's Express the gritty and disturbing reasons why  750,000 children a year drop out of school and make this a "nation at  risk."

When I Was Young, I Loved School: Dropping Out and Hanging in

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Mecklermedia

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Depression Fallout: The Impact of Depression on Couples and What You Can Do to Preserve the Bond

How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout

How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout

Sorrow's Web : Overcoming the Legacy of Maternal Depression

Sorrow's Web: Hope, Help, and Understanding for Depressed Mothers and Their Children

When I Was Young, I Loved School: Dropping Out and Hanging in