"I don't know what's going on with him. Is he depressed or what?" Many women ask themselves this question every day, wondering whether their husband or boyfriend's short temper, tendency to withdraw, and mysterious physical complaints might be indications of some deeper psychological issue. If you're one of them, this book is for you. The book offers an overview of the ways men typically express signs of depression. It provides strategies they can use for improving communication, dealing with relationship complications, and coping with men's physical symptoms related to depression, such as insomnia and sexual dysfunction. Above all, the book helps you avoid becoming lost in your partner's depression: By paying attention to your own needs, you can best preserve your own well-being and peace of mind-and so are able to offer the most support to the man you love. Best-selling author David Wexler offers the partners of depressed men tools to help them support the man they love while still working to meet their own needs-socially, emotionally, and physically-within the relationship.

David B. Wexler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and executive director of the Relationship Training Institute in San Diego, CA. He specializes in the treatment of relationships in conflict. He is the author of When Good Men Behave Badly. David Wexler lives in San Diego, CA. Foreword writer Terrence Real, is the author of the best-selling book I Don't Want to Talk About It. He lives in Cambridge, MA.

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