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 #58: Depression Therapies
July 17th, 2008
Dr. Reef Karim speaks to Dr. Melva Green about her show "Therapy Thursdays" on Baltimore's Big Phat Morning Show WERQ 92.3. The show discusses a number of topics that pertain to the urban community ranging from definitive psychiatric problems like suicide to the question of Hip Hop's impact on the psyche of young people. Dr. Green also spoke about lifestyle choices like eating healthy and exercise that people living with depression can incorporate into their treatment regimens to help them stay on the road to recovery. |
"It's so important to seek help because treatment works. Treatment works. Medication works, talk therapy works, some of the things that we're gonna get into in terms of the alternative therapies. They absolutely work."
-- Dr. Melva Green |
Down & Up
Show #57: Depression and Suicide
July 3rd, 2008
Dr. Reef Karim speaks with Dr. Charles Gross, of Weill Medical College of Cornell University and John Draper, PhD, director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at the Mental Health Association of New York City. Charles Gross discusses his study, "Suicide Tourism in Manhattan, New York City, 1990–-2004" about the high rates of suicide by people who do not live in Manhattan, and John Draper discusses suicide prevention and the importance of treating depression reduce the high rates of suicide.
Down & Up
Show #56: Advocating for Mental Health
June 26th, 2008
Dr.
Reef Karim speaks with Sherri
Walton, a volunteer mental health advocate and lobbyist who advocates
for systems change in the public and private behavioral health care systems.
Sherri speaks about her work and her personal experience with depression
and the stigma that surrounds the disease. She is a member of the Board
of Directors of Mental Health America of Arizona and the Chair of The
Maricopa County Human Rights Committee for the Mentally Ill.
