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Health Dialogues: Clinical Depression
Clinical depression has become one of the leading causes of disability in the U.S. But shame and stigma still get in the way of detecting mental illness. We'll look at the latest in diagnosis and treatment of depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.Guest: Dr. Charles Debattista, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center.Guest: Dr. Jeanne Leventhal Alexander, Director of the Northern California Kaiser Psychiatry Women's Health Project.Guest: Dr. Reiko True, San Francisco psychologist, specializing in Asian American mental health issues. Former director of Mental Health Services for the City and County of San Francisco.Guest: Joan Asarnow, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA School of Medicine.