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For people suffering from depression, the advice is usually the same: seek help. This simple-sounding directive, moreover, is often difficult for those with depression to follow because one common symptom of the disease is denial or lack of aware.(1)____(2)____ This can be frustrated for well-meaning family and friends-and is one of the key ways that, treating mental illness is different from treating other illnesses.(3)____
The challenge for a person with a depressed spouse, relative or close close friend who refuses to get treatment is how to change defiant person's mind.(4)____ Reality show-style interventions and tough love are rarely successful, experts say. But there are techniques that can help. The key is to try and avoid a debate over if your loved one is sick and instead of look for common ground.(5)____(6)____"Depression makes a person see the world by gray-colored glasses," says Xavier Amador, a clinical psychologist and director of the LEAP Institute in Taconic, NY, who kains mental-health doctors and family members how to overcome a mentally ill person’s denial of their disease.(7)____(8)____ At the LEAP Institute, they teach mental-health professions how to build enough trust with the mentally ill person that he will follow advice even if he won't admit to sick.(9)____ LEAP is an acronym for“listen reflectively, empathize strategically, agree on common ground and partner on shared goals.”(10)____
