Depression in Marriage • Walking Alongside a Depressed Spouse
What a husband or wife does or says in relation to a depressed spouse can either exacerbate the symptoms or help relieve them.
Author and Professor
Terry is a Faculty Emeritus and an adjunct professor in Church Ministries at Columbia International University. He and his wife, Dolly, have been married for 50 years and share two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson. Terry writes about faith and depression at Penetrating the Darkness.
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