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Additional Depression Resources

Expand your learning and understanding of depression with the following resources:

• Local and State NAMIs
• NAMI Programs
• Consumer Support
• Information HelpLine
• NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups: www.nami.org/connection
• NAMI Peer-to-Peer Education Program: www.nami.org/p2p
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): www.nimh.nih.gov
• Depression screening: www.mentalhealthscreening.org
• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD): www.narsad.org
• CBS Cares: Depression Web Site
  As part of their public service announcement campaign, CBS-TV has created a Web site on depression that contains information and stories.

• Clinicaltrials.gov
  Depression research studies identified through the U.S. National Library of Medicine's link to federally and privately funded studies worldwide.
• Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D)
  NIMH sponsored multi-center clinical trial and information resource.
• Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS)
  NIMH sponsored multi-center clinical trial and information resource.
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (MAP)
  NIMH intramural research and information program on mood disorders
• www.depressionisreal.org
  A public education campaign to tell Americans the truth about depression
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA): www.dbsalliance.org
• NAMI's 2006 survey results-Assessing the Costs of Depression
• NAMI and NMHA joint 2009 survey results-Economic Downturn Taking Toll on American's Mental health
• Esperanza magazine: www.hope.com
• Anchor magazine: www.anchormag.com

Depressionisreal.org's Down & Up Show Podcasts

Veterans:

• Down & Up Show #4: Depression & Military Service
• Down & Up Show #52: Veterans and Depression

Elderly Americans:

• Down & Up Show #15: Late-Life Depression
• Down & Up Show #36: Seniors and Depression

Men:

• Down & Up Show #61: Asian Americans and Depression
• Down & Up Show #60: Depresión Entre Latinos / Depression Among Latinos (in Spanish)
• Down & Up Show #23: Living with Depression as an African American Male
• Down & Up Show #22: Depression in the Latino Community

Women

• Down & Up Show #61: Asian Americans and Depression
• Down & Up Show #60: Depresión Entre Latinos / Depression Among Latinos (in Spanish)
• Down & Up Show #22: Depression in the Latino Community
• Down & Up Show #24: Breast Cancer, Depression and African American Women
• Down & Up Show #41: Depression Among Older Women
• Down & Up Show #40: Motherhood and Depression
• Down & Up Show #59: Maternal Depression and its Possible Effects on Children and Adolescents

Books about Major Depression:

The following books are a good place to start learning about depression. Order them online at the links below and your purchase will benefit NAMI. They also may be available from your local library or bookseller.

• 100 Questions & Answers About Depression (2007), by Ava T. Albrecht, M.D. and Charles Herrick, M.D.
• Against Depression (2005), by Peter D. Kramer
• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (1999), by David D. Burns M.D.
• Get It Done When You're Depressed: 50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track (2008), by Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston, Psy.D., A.B.P.P.
• Lincoln's Melancholy (2005), by Joshua Wolf Shenk