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In my “Kitty’s Shocking Story” post (click here), I excerpted several paragraphs from Kitty Dukakis’ moving memoir about her battle with depression and how shock therapy treatment gave her back her life.

There was a very informative article in the “Washington Post” on July 24 (click here to view the entire piece) about electroconvulsive therapy–how it continues to save lives, but is still controversial mostly because of the memory loss that can occur. I’m intrigued by ECT because my doctor and I discussed that as an option…

Also in the “Washington Post,” I was delighted to see the following letter to the editor regarding the Laura Zigman essay on depression I excerpted in my “The Moment She Cried Uncle” post (to read the whole essay, click here) because I also was uncomfortable with the author’s choice of words when she said that…

My blogging buddy, Katherine Stone, who produces the most popular blog on postpartum depression, called “Postpartum Progress,” featured my story today. If you want some background information on how I became a platinum-level member of Club Depression, visit her site by clicking here.
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