"Restoring Intimacy" was conceived as a comprehensive resource from experts on depression, both researchers and clinicians, as well as patients. The book answers questions submitted by people living with depression, as well as from their partners and family members. "Restoring Intimacy" addresses a variety of issues, including how to recognize depression in a loved one, how to cope with side effects of antidepressant medications that may affect sexual function, and how to talk with a doctor about depression-related intimacy problems. "Restoring Intimacy" also contains a resource and self-test section, guiding readers to additional information and support.
The panel of contributors include:
* Drew Pinsky, M.D., Chief of Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California
* Anita H. Clayton, M.D., Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, Virginia
* David L. Dunner, M.D., Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Depression at the University of Washington in Seattle
* Lauren Epstein Rosen, Ph.D., Supervisor of Family Therapy Training at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York
* Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
* Martha M. Manning, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and author of Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
* Thomas N. Wise, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Behavioral Services at Inova Health Systems, Falls Church, Virginia