Illuminating Depression
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on Sep 22, 2009 by Sheraz Sadiq
for QUEST Northern CaliforniaTopics: Biology, Health, Television
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Nearly 15 million Americans suffer from depression. Learn why depression is more than just "feeling blue," the difficulties of treating it with traditional medications and how new tools
and research are shedding light on brain structures that may play an integral role in treating it.
This story was produced with the assistance of the USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program of the School for Communication.
Tags: kqed, pbs, QUESTAdditional Links
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- National Institute of Mental Health: Depression
- American Pscyhological Association
- Depression Research Clinic at Stanford University
- ">Producer's Notes: Illuminating Depression
