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Brought to you by the Depression Is Real Coalition, The Down & Up Show is dedicated to the reality of depression. 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 Nurture

March 27th, 2008

Dr. 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.

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Down & Up Show #43: The Genetics of Depression

March 20th, 2008

Dr. 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.

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http://mapgenetics.nimh.nih.gov

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http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00001174?order=1

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Down & Up Show #42: Brain Trauma and Depression

March 13th, 2008

Dr. 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.

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Down & Up Show #41: Depression Among Older Women

March 6th, 2008

Dr. 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.

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Down & Up Show #40: Motherhood and Depression

March 1st, 2008

Former 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.

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