COMING THIS FALL
The latest book by Doug Bey: "Loving a Depressed Man"

  This new book by Douglas Bey is "just what the Doctor ordered" for countless wives and girlfriends who are stymied by figuring out what their role should be when their men folk get depressed. It is an incredibly helpful manual on the types of depression including all the latest facts from medical science as well as how to cope with the various symptoms of depression. Dr. Bey is extremely specific about what to say and what not to say to the man who is depressed.( I think in fact that this book could be very useful even to mothers whose adult sons are depressed and the audience need not be limited to wives and girlfriends.) Because Dr. Bey has had years of experience treating depression in his own psychiatric practice his anecdotes are vital and vivid so that almost everyone can find some real person to identify with in this book. It is written very clearly and ends up being a short course on depression and its treatment but with a special emphasis on how to cope if you're a close relative of the depressed person. I cannot imagine a better book to give to someone who loves a depressed man and wants to understand what he needs.

-- Jacqueline Olds MD Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Author of "The Lonely American"