True Friendship    (3rd in the series of 6)

None of that sissy crap

Back on track!

Second of a six-part series on Friendship

When Partners Stop Being Friends

Friendship

I read an article recently by one of my favourite writers, Brian Bethune. He talked about the importance of friendship.

        Loneliness kills and friendship preserves.
 
"Nothing matches the positive effect on mental and physical health as having friends."

Friendship

I read an article recently by one of my favourite writers, Brian Bethune. He talked about the importance of friendship.

        Loneliness kills and friendship preserves.
 
"Nothing matches the positive effect on mental and physical health as having friends."

I believe, at least in the last 20 years, therapists have been asking themselves a lot about just how much, and to what degree we support the growing trend to question whether "to medicate or not to medicate."

At the turn of the century (2000), one in 10 American women was taking antidepressants. Six percent of children who saw a doctor were prescribed an antidepressant.