ANDREW SOLOMON: Depression is an illness of loneliness. And the primary experience is the feeling of being isolated, of being alone, of being cut off from everyone and everything. NARRATION ...

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Can you describe your experience with depression? I remember hearing the word "breakdown" when I was a kid and wondering how it could happen, because mental states always seemed so gradual to me ...

NARRATION: (ANDREW SOLOMON WALKING INTO KITCHEN) Most cases of depression are treatable and yet, only about fifty percent of people experiencing depression seek help. For Andrew, a complex mix of ...