Female friends and depression

"Girls, grab a girlfriend and hold on to her for life," author Vicki Iovine advises.

That's because a new study says most women turn to friends when they feel depressed, sad, anxious, or stressed.

There's been little written recently about friendship from a theological perspective--but friends are often replacing family as primary relationships in our culture. What are the pastoral implications of this shift? And how do we make sense of it?

.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Thursday, June 24, 2004

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