Our speaker, Wiveka Ramel, put together a long and varied list of local resources for those dealing with depression. You’ll find everything from places to learn to ways to participate in ongoing research.
Learning:

National Institute on Mental Health has a lot of information about the science and treatment of depression
Author William Styron describes his personal experience with major depression in a beautifully written book “Darkness visible: A memoir of madness”
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychologist and researcher of bipolar disorder, gives a compelling description of her personal experience with bipolar disorder …

Our upcoming talk is on Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) otherwise known as clinical depression. Most everyone suffers from occasional bouts of sadness, but when that last for two weeks or more that physical changes in the brain start to be observed. This disorder affects about 10% of the population, slightly elevated percentages for women vs men.. The disorder is seen as having a wide range of causes, most notably life events, genetic susceptibility, or a combination.
Here’s a good intro video:

As the video mentions, the disorder is classified when physical changes …