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Summary: Helping a depressed spouse often means staying physically active, being understanding, eating healthy and finding professional help. Support a depressed partner by getting educated with marriage advice from a psychologist in this free video on interpersonal communication.
Reka Morvay is a Hungarian-American who received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology from UC Berkeley and Cornell University, respectively. Her area of specialization was the biological...read more
"Hi, my name is Reka Morvay, I'm a psychologist and I'm going to talk to you today about what to do if your spouse is depressed. Depression is a very serious illness. Some of the symptoms of depression may include lack of motivation, a lack of interest that, a lack of interest in activities that used to be enjoyable, constant fatigue, changes in sleeping pattern, so somebody who is either unable to sleep as much as they would like or somebody who is sleeping more than they would like. All of these symptoms if they occur more than two weeks in a row then they satisfy the criteria for clinical depression. Now what you can do as a spouse to help your loved one cope with depression is first of all, become educated about depression yourself. Keep an active and healthy lifestyle so that you don't slide into depression, try to assist your partner in finding help, try to make your life together as healthy and as enjoyable as possible. Keep eating nutritiously, remain active, do physical activity, try to help find, try to help your spouse find activities that they would enjoy to help lift them out of depression. But most of all help your spouse find professional help so that they can deal with their depression."
eHow Article: Ways to Help a Depressed Spouse
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