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MARIA: 5 ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH TONIGHT, NEW STRATEGIES TO HELP YOUR PARTNER FEEL BETTER WHEN THEY’RE SAD OR DEPRESSED. HERE TO EXPLAIN IS DR. MICHELLE DIBLASI, A PSYCHIATRIST AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER.

Two of my long-standing patients presented to me recently, both feeling depressed for the previous 2 weeks. The first, a woman in her late 60s, had been on heavy doses of antidepressants for years.