Effects of depression -- Denial and unrecognized symptoms -- Stories of depression -- Societal pressures on women -- Manic depression -- Effective therapy treatments -- Treating depression -- Safe steps toward treatment -- Ask for help
Summary
Depression is the most pervasive of all mental health problems for American women in all age groups, seriously affecting five to ten million of them every year. Publisher Frances Lear and four other women tell their stories of this debilitating illness and how they overcame it. This program offers a positive, hopeful approach to a devastating problem