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.

John Head

John Head is the author of "Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men," based on his experiences with clinical depression. He was a recipient of the 2005 Erasing the Stigma Leadership Award presented by the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center in Los Angeles. Previous honorees include former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. He worked for more than 20 years as a journalist for the Detroit Free Press, USA TODAY and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and served as press secretary to Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first African-American mayor.