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Brought to you by the Depression Is Real Coalition, The Down & Up Show is dedicated to the reality of depression. Each week our hosts will talk with some of the world's top experts on depression, as well as people who have been impacted by this illness. The reality of depression is that it is a debilitating and potentially deadly medical condition that affects more than 15 million Americans every year. The other reality of depression is that there is hope.

Down & Up Show #59: Maternal Depression and its Possible Effects on Children and Adolescents
January 2009

On behalf of the Depression Is Real Coalition, Mental Health America presents the first Down & Up Show of 2009. Dr. Reef Karim speaks with guest Dr. William Beardslee a board member of Mental Health America, Director of Baer Prevention Initiatives at the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital in Boston and Gardner Monks professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Beardslee, the author of the book When a Parent Gets Depressed: How to Protect Your Children from the Effects of Depression in the Family, discusses the effect maternal depression has on children and adolescents.