"My husband is an alcoholic. They tell me I am an enabler! They say I am codependent," Ms. Jasper stated to the nurse as her husband was being admitted for alcohol detox.

"What do they mean?" she continued. "What am I supposed to do when my husband drinks? Wrestle the bottle from him? Then he would just slug me. If I don’t give him... »

"My Story: Blogs by Four Military Teens" is a book that gives voice to military teens by highlighting their feelings and experiences before, during, and after parental deployment. The four youths in "My Story" are fictional, but the stories are real in that the posts are a compilation of real life experiences of military kids.... »

Ms. Suarez, a 48-year-old married Hispanic woman, came to her appointment at the outpatient psychiatry clinic asking for a second opinion. She told the admitting resident that she had had depression for years, and that nothing had helped. She said she had tried many medications and individual therapy, and she was feeling hopeless and frustrated. She worried... »

When Ms. A. visited with her son’s psychiatrist, she broke into tears: "I don’t know what to do! My son hates us! He calls us ‘messengers of the devil!’ His sister is getting teased at school. Her classmates won’t talk to her, and they say her family is "really messed up." No one understands our problems, and I feel so alone. I am too ashamed... »

Julie Totten was 24 years old when her brother Mark took his life. Shortly after, she helped her father, who had been suffering from undiagnosed depression all his life, get treated for the illness. In dealing with the depression that afflicted her father and brother, she felt alone, lost, and responsible. She thought there must be a lot of other families... »

"In the comfort of the Gottmans’ own island home, learn research-based tools for building and maintaining relationship intimacy. Have you ever planned a wonderful romantic vacation, complete with a lovely room, candle-lit dinners, and white sand beaches, only to have your dream become a nightmare when tense quarrels and silence spoil the sunset? We... »

Dr. Sali, the resident, asks his attending: Dr. Biba, are you saying that you can tell if a patient has marital problems in the first 5 minutes of an interview?

Dr. Biba: Yes. In fact, Jill Hooley says that you just need to ask one question of a patient: "How critical is your spouse of you?"

Dr. Sali: Okay, so I asked Jeanie "the Critical... »