This week I have the honor of interviewing Tim Farrington, the acclaimed novelist of Lizzie’s War, “The California Book of the Dead,” “Blues for Hannah,” as well as the New York Times Notable Book of 2002, “The Monk Downstairs.” Guess what? He’s one of us! And he articulates his journey through the hell of depression…

Given the topic of our interview today, I thought I’d include a link over to John Grohol’s excellent article, “Efficacy of Antidepressants” where he analyzes the studies published last year that try to shake the efficacy and usefulness of modern antidepressant medications. Especially intriguing to me were the recommendations that those commenting on the studies…

I need to preface today’s interview by saying that I whole-heartedly support treatment of depression with the right pharmaceutical medication. For those readers who have just joined us, let me explain that I went through six doctors before I found the right one in Dr. Smith, and I received a lot of bad advice and…

Tune into this North Star Guardian podcast of Dr. Edward Shorter discussing his book, “Before Prozac” with my fellow blogger friend, Kevin Keough. To read more Beyond Blue, go to http://blog.beliefnet.com/beyondblue, and to get to Group Beyond Blue, a support group at Beliefnet Community, click here. To subscribe to “Beyond Blue” click here.

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