Friday, 1 June 2007

Caring for a working-age adult with severe depression

Hello!

I wondered whether you could help me with this one. I'm proposing to write an up-beat self-coaching book for people who have to care for a relative (adult) suffering from severe depression. I am going to do a survey of various networking groups I belong to but I thought it might be worth posting a blog too. What I need are the answers to some fairly straightforward questions:

1 What would be the most useful piece of advice you could give to someone in this situation?

2 What would be the most useful form of help anyone else (individual or professional) could give you?

3 What would you really like to have happened by this time next year? How will you feel?

4 What stands in the way?

5 What is the simplest first step you could take to remove those obstacles?

6 Will you take that step? When will you take it?

Thank you so much for your help.
Lizzie Gates

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