Tough talk for depressed husbands

Attention, married men suffering from major depression: Positive comments directed at your wife may sometimes be hazardous to your emotional health.

That, at least, is the implication of a preliminary study of couples with either a depressed husband or wife. When depressed husbands discussed marital problems with their wives, the men’s approving and friendly comments often elicited nasty and critical retorts, say Sheri L.