National Agencies Report Need to Protect Families from Depression
July 8th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline
Feelings of depression can be disruptive for many people in various areas of their lives, but it can also have a serious impact on those with whom they’re especially close, including their family. The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine has released a report identifying the need to address feelings of depression within the context of entire families rather than limiting perspective to the individual, with special urgency afforded in cases involving children. source: http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news&id=119782&cn=5
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Hurray for family therapy! but this is not news to us MFT’s
Depression leaves no one untouched. You may think that there is only one person going through it but like so many other issues this is one that dramatically impacts the whole family.
You know what? Whenever my dad gets depressed it does bring the rest of us down with him. You are almost walking on eggshells because on one hand you have no idea what to say to make him feel better, but on the other hand you just want to shake him and get him to snap out of it. He does this a couple of times a year but won’t talk to a doctor about it. We have all come to accept that this is just him and he will come out of it, but I do worry that there will be a time when he will not and then none of us will know what to do.
How easy this would be if it really worked. How exactly are these groups going to go about identifying families in trouble unless these families have already sought help or are somehow under the umbrella of the system to begin with?
Good point, June. Highlighting how depression affects the family as a whole is long overdue. The parents that aren’t being treated at all are of even more concern. Those are the families that are really falling through the cracks.