Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who wants to help a struggling pal but is growing frustrated.

Admittedly, It’s tough to make friends when you’re feeling depressed, even if you desperately want someone to talk to or confide in. When people are depressed, they may not have sufficient energy or ...

You can't cure the person's depression, but your support can do wonders. Throughout my life, I have suffered regular bouts of depression and have learned to coexist with my diagnosis. With medication ...

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses, so it's likely that you've encountered a situation where you wanted to console someone dealing with depression. Unfortunately, it's not always ...

Regular mealtimes and perhaps a little batch-cooking help make the healthier choice also the easiest choice. The role of ...

Depressed people need more than the usual amount of understanding from friends and family, but they can be very unpleasant. The anger and lack of concern that a depressed person shows can be very ...

I’m truly trying to understand, as someone who’s never been severely depressed. Is it acceptable in the case of severe depression to just not call friends for months at a time? Does the severely ...

So how do you know if someone close to you is depressed? There’s not a biological test that you can take. After last week’s shocking suicides by designer Kate Spade and television host Anthony ...

Those friends, she said, make a person more likely to engage in said vices or to become overweight or depressed themselves. "Indeed, depressed friends make it more likely you’ll be depressed, obese ...

I lied to the first person who asked me if I had postpartum depression. Four days after giving birth, I was sitting on a chair in the pediatrician’s office, holding my crying newborn, who was there ...