Resources for Women with Depression

Expand your learning and understanding of women and depression with the following resources:

• How to Help a Person with Depression - mentalhealth.com
• Helping a Depressed Person: Taking Care of Yourself While Support a Loved One - helpguide.org
• How To Help Someone In Crisis - DBSA
• Depression: Supporting a Family Member or Friend with Depression - Mayo Clinic
• The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, The Office of Women's Health
• The American Psychiatric Association's information resources on women and depression
• The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) booklet, Women and Depression: Discovering Hope
• The Mayo Clinic on anti-depressants and pregnancy

Depressionisreal.org's Down & Up Show Podcasts on women and depression:

• Down & Up Show #24: Breast Cancer, Depression and African American Women
• Down & Up Show #41: Depression Among Older Women
• Down & Up Show #40: Motherhood and Depression
• Down & Up Show #59: Maternal Depression and its Possible Effects on Children and Adolescents

Books About Women and Depression

The following books focus on depression in women. Order them online at the links below and your purchase will benefit NAMI. They also may be available from your local library or bookseller.

• A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman's Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years (2006), by Ruta Nunacs.
• Sorrow's Web: Hope, Help and Understanding for Depressed Mothers and Their Children (2001), by Anne Sheffield.
• Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy (2006), by Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye.