Depression in Relationships: Are We Too Quick to Assign Cause to Effect?

In his most recent post on HealthCentral, Jerry Kennard queried whether depression strengthens or diminishes relationships. His concluding paragraph was the one that really got my attention:

Maybe the question in the title is wrong. Maybe depression neither strengthens nor diminishes relationships, because this suggests an outcome of either one or the other and perhaps it's more complex? One thing is certain, depression will certainly...

Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 1, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs