Recommended books & resources for significant others of people with depression
Friends & Family Center of the Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
HelpGuide.org
Helping someone with depression: https://www.helpguide.org/mental-health/depression/helping-someone-with-depression
Suicide Prevention How to Help and Talk to a Suicidal Person: https://www.helpguide.org/mental-health/suicide-self-harm/suicide-prevention-tips
Golant, M., & Golant, S. K. (2000). What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed: A Self-Help and Help-Others Guide. [Amazon] [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
When Someone You Love is Depressed: How to Help Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself (1997) by Laura Epstein Rosen, Xavier Francisco Amador
Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts: What Family, Friends, and Partners Can Say and Do (The New Harbinger Loving Someone Series) (2023) by Stacey Freedenthal PhD
Also see my webpage on Helping Someone with a Mental Illness