Description: In her award-winning book, "How You Can Survive When They're Depressed, " Sheffield coined the phrase depression fallout to describe the emotional toll on the depressive's family and close friends. In this new book, Sheffield speaks specifically to people in love relationships with someone who is depressed to offer coping strategies.
Brief description: Anne Sheffield is the author of two well received books on depression, How You Can Survive When They're Depressed (Harmony, 1998) which won a a Books for a Better Life Award as well as the 1999 Ken Award from the New York City affiliate of National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and Sorrow's Web (Free Press, 2000) which deals with the topic of motherhood and depression. She has worked as a scientist at the Population and Development Program of the Battelle Memorial Institute and has run her own consulting firm. She lives in New York City.
Review Quotes:
"I admire and recommend this inspired guide to the hell imposed by a partner's depression and the coping strategies offered." - Donald F. Klein, Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University