Family life can be destroyed by a serious depression as well as
the life of the ill person. Most people with a depressive
disease do not look for treatment when they suffer depression,
because they do not want to be treated or even because they are
not aware of their disease. The most important thing is that
depression -- even the extremely severe -- may be treated.
Experts in mental health note that many people tend to get
depressed over holiday season and many of them may present
suicidal behavior. Hence, it is quite important to be watchful
of depressed family members, especially if they also begin heavy
alcohol consumption.
According to experts it is always helpful to encourage the
depressed person to be with other people, such as friends and
neighbours. It is also useful to reach out to others and do not
let the person feels alone.
But it is quite difficult to do this when the depressed person
is a man. It is difficult for them to admit they are depressed
and still less they need help from someone else. Therefore, it
is important to know this, since statistics show that depression
puts men at risk for suicide.
The problem is quite clearly illustrated by numbers. Half as
many men as women seek psychotherapy. Half as many men as women
are diagnosed with depression. However, men commit suicide up to
eight times more often than women.
That is why the book "Men and Depression: Clinical and Empirical
Perspectives" helps doctors to identify and treat mood disorders
in their male patients, addressing an issue that has been
neglected by researchers and therapists.
The authors of this new book are Frederic Rabinowitz, professor
of psychology at the University of Redlands, and Sam Cochran,
director of clinical services at the University of Iowa.
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