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Archive for the 'Depression' Category

Post of the Month

September 23rd, 2007

From Michael McGrorty - “Somebody once asked me what it was like to be depressed. I couldn’t tell them. The fact is, I don’t really know. You see, I’ve been depressed all my life.”
Read the whole thing. And props for Michael for telling it.

Not Good News

September 7th, 2007

NYT - “In a finding that is likely to revive a debate of many years about the safety of drugs prescribed for depression, health officials reported yesterday that the rate of suicide in Americans ages 10 to 24 increased 8 percent from 2003 to 2004, the largest jump in more than 15 years.”