Depression Information & Resources
Postpartum Support International (PSI) includes resources for support, education focusing on the emotional changes that women experience during pregnancy and postpartum, including postpartum depression. PSI’s toll-free help line is staffed by a team of trained responders who rapidly refer callers to appropriate local resources, including emergency services.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation - provides information and downloadable fact sheets on depression and depressive disorders.
MoodGYM has been evaluated in a scientific trial and found to be effective in relieving depression symptoms if people work through it systematically. This website uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) methods to teach people to use ways of thinking that can help prevent depression.
American Association of Suicidology (AAS) promotes research, public awareness programs, public education and training. AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.
Depression Screening is sponsored by Mental Health America as part of the Campaign for America’s Mental Health. The organization's mission is to educate people about clinical depression, offer a confidential way for people to get screened for symptoms of depression and guide people toward appropriate professional help if necessary.
Postpartum Support International (PSI) includes resources for support, education focusing on the emotional changes that women experience during pregnancy and postpartum, including postpartum depression. PSI’s toll-free help line is staffed by a team of trained responders who rapidly refer callers to appropriate local resources, including emergency services.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation - provides information and downloadable fact sheets on depression and depressive disorders.
MoodGYM has been evaluated in a scientific trial and found to be effective in relieving depression symptoms if people work through it systematically. This website uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) methods to teach people to use ways of thinking that can help prevent depression.
American Association of Suicidology (AAS) promotes research, public awareness programs, public education and training. AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.
Depression Screening is sponsored by Mental Health America as part of the Campaign for America’s Mental Health. The organization's mission is to educate people about clinical depression, offer a confidential way for people to get screened for symptoms of depression and guide people toward appropriate professional help if necessary.
Books - Depression
I Don't Want to Talk about It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression - Terrance Real
Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced psychotherapist Terrence Real that depression is a silent epidemic in men—that men hide their condition from family, friends, and themselves to avoid the stigma of depression’s “un-manliness.” Problems that we think of as typically male—difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, abusive behavior, and rage—are really attempts to escape depression. And these escape attempts only hurt the people men love and pass their condition on to their children. This groundbreaking book is the “pathway out of darkness” that these men and their families seek. Real reveals how men can unearth their pain, heal themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse.
Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced psychotherapist Terrence Real that depression is a silent epidemic in men—that men hide their condition from family, friends, and themselves to avoid the stigma of depression’s “un-manliness.” Problems that we think of as typically male—difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, abusive behavior, and rage—are really attempts to escape depression. And these escape attempts only hurt the people men love and pass their condition on to their children. This groundbreaking book is the “pathway out of darkness” that these men and their families seek. Real reveals how men can unearth their pain, heal themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse.
Ted Talks - Discussing, Coping with, and Understanding Depression in Ourselves and Others
HOW TO CONNECT WITH DEPRESSED FRIENDS
Comedian Bill Bernat gives some advice to people who want to engage with friends with depression but just don’t know how to go about it. In this humorous talk, Bernat goes through a few “do’s” and “don’t’s” to help you connect with friends with depression.
DON’T SUFFER FROM YOUR DEPRESSION IN SILENCE
Nikki Webber Allen is a producer and activist whose main message is that having feelings isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of being human. The stigma of mental health struggles kept her from revealing her own until a family tragedy revealed how loved ones were also suffering in silence.
HOW TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT SUICIDE
Founder of HALT, an Australian mental health organization, Jeremy Forbes discusses how and why he started the organization. He saw people who were anxious, depressed or thinking about suicide but felt like they had to suffer in silence because of cultural expectations. He thought about ways to get the community together for a conversation about mental health.
THIS COULD BE WHY YOU’RE DEPRESSED OR ANXIOUS
In his talk, journalist Johann Hari shares insights on the causes of anxiety and depression from some of the world’s leading experts. He suggests that we might need to stop looking at it from the perspective that our brain is malfunctioning and needs to be “fixed” with drugs. Rather, the focus should be on our unmet human needs, such as human connection.