In Depression is Contagious, Dr. Michael Yapko challenges the commonly held belief that depression is just about biochemistry gone awry. Depression does not just infect a single individual and their biochemistry, but the latest research provides overwhelming evidence that depression is far more a social problem than a medical disease. Depression’s effects reach into the interactions you have with others, rippling destructively through marriages, families, work environments and communities like a viral contagion. Drugs cannot repair or protect your relationships from depression, but the skills that Dr. Michael Yapko teaches us in this powerful book can.