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Brought to you by the Depression Is Real Coalition, The Down & Up Show is dedicated to the reality of depression. Each week our hosts will talk with some of the world's top experts on depression, as well as people who have been impacted by this illness. The reality of depression is that it is a debilitating and potentially deadly medical condition that affects more than 15 million Americans every year. The other reality of depression is that there is hope. Down & Up Show #44: Depression: Nature and NurtureMarch 27th, 2008Dr. Reef Karim speaks with Dr. Gerald Haeffel, an Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, about his recent study published in Psychological Science, which discusses how depression is caused by both nature and nurture. Standard Podcast [12:27m]: Download Down & Up Show #43: The Genetics of DepressionMarch 20th, 2008Dr. Reef Karim speaks
speaks with Dr. Francis
McMahon, Chief of the Unit on Genetics of Mood & Anxiety Disorders
at the National Institute of Mental Health. Standard Podcast [13:42m]: Download Down & Up Show #42: Brain Trauma and DepressionMarch 13th, 2008Dr. Reef Karim speaks with Dr. Alain Ptito from the Montreal Neurological Institute about his recent study that was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, which examined the relationship between brain trauma and depression. Standard Podcast [27:09m]: Download Down & Up Show #41: Depression Among Older WomenMarch 6th, 2008Dr. Reef Karim talks with Dr. Lisa Barry, of the Yale School of Public Health, who discusses her study "Higher Burden of Depression Among Older Women," which was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry in February 2008. Standard Podcast [25:32m]: Download Down & Up Show #40: Motherhood and DepressionMarch 1st, 2008Former Washington Post reporter and author, Tracy Thompson discusses her experience with depression during motherhood and her latest book The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children and Struggling with Depression. |
