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Bernanke to Lecture at Morehouse College

Bernanke to Lecture at Morehouse College

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will lecture and hold a forum with students at Atlanta’s Morehouse College tomorrow. “This is an opportunity for our students to gain a better understanding...

The Walking Wounded

The Walking Wounded

Depression is more intense than the normal feelings of sadness or loneliness that everyone experiences occasionally. It is also different from the grief experienced within two months of the loss of a loved one. Major depression, also called clinical depression and one of the most common forms, decreases quality of life, impairs mental acuity and occupational and emotional functioning, and robs sufferers of experiencing their full potential. Usually precipitated by a traumatic life event or other trigger, an episode of clinical depression may occur only once in a person’s lifetime. But more often, it is a persistent, ongoing experience, with episodes that last for up to two years and that worsen without treatment.

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