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Hand-Me-Down Blues: How To Stop Depression From Spreading In Families
by Michael D. Yapko
from Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• very helpful little book
  I read this book a few years ago, and lent it to someone. Now I bought it for my sister who's going through a rough time. If you want to manage and grow from your life, this may be helpful.

• hand me down blues
  My family has a history of depression and I am now pregnant so I was looking for a book to help me prevent it from passing to my child. This book was not as helpful as I had hoped. The majority of it seemed to be trying to convince the reader why family aspects are important to this disorder. I already agreed with most of what he was saying there so I felt it was a little bit of a waste of time. The second to last chapter actually gave some direct tips and advice which is what I wanted. The last chapter... more info

• Depression is about families, not just individuals
  What impressed me the most about this book was Dr. Yapko's consideration of how depression is much more than something that hurts only individuals. It hurts families, too. My husband had been depressed for a long time, and refused to get any help, thinking it would "just go away." It didn't. I didn't know how to cope with him, and neither did our kids. We just got frustrated and angry, which didn't help. The book helped me get a much better understanding of what my husband has been going through and how I... more info

• So that's what's wrong with my family!
  As they say, you can't judge a book by its cover but when I saw the title, I had to read it. As I was checking it out of my local library, the woman in line behind me saw the cover and was disappointed that I was taking it out instead of returning it. This all speaks volumes about the need for someone to explain how some families get so dysfunctional in the first place and more importantly how to counteract their negative influence and hopefully recover from it. I've known for years that the root of my... more info

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