Actions of the late Robin Williams is the coffee smell that shook the world awake.
In the NY Times, Professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Kay Redfield Jameson, opined:
“Suicidal depression involves a kind of pain and hopelessness that is impossible to describe — and I have tried…”
in reference to her own bi-polar illness.
Also in the NY Times, Professor Henry J. Friedman responded to her: “importance of differentiating types of depression, particularly bipolar from other types of depressive disorders, is particularly important” he also emphasized that her example highlights that there are effective treatments for severe, suicidal depression.
The depression stats are very interesting: around 4 in 10 females and at least 1 in 10 males will suffer from and develop depression in their lifetime.