friendship is good for your health
gail casey was very unhappy all the time
she didn't have any friends to talk to
she was depressed
depression is very serious
many depressed people need medicine to be health and feel better
but some depressed people don't need medicine
they need a good friend
some scientists studied a group of depressed people
they wanted to help them
they studied gail and some other people
the scientists didn't give medicine to gail and the others
instead each depressed person made a new friend
the scientists thought that friendship would make these people healthy
gail and her new friend amy met often
they went for coffeto dinner or to the movies together
gail slowly started to feel better
she and amy talked about their problems together too
gail had a problem with her job
she was very depressed at work
she worked a lot of hours but her boss didn't give her more money
she was afraid to talk to her boss about it
gail talked about this problem with amy
after she talked with amy she didn't feel afraid anymore
then she talked to her boss and he agreed to give her more money
now gail is happy at work too
after one year many of the other people felt happy too
they didn't need medicine to feel better
their new friends were good for their health