So, Who's NOT Depressed? How to Live in a World Gone Crazy 

Depression is on the rise. But what role does the American culture have in this increase?

Join Jewish Family Service for “So Who’s NOT Depressed? How to Live in a World Gone Crazy” 7-8:30 pm, Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Rockdale Temple, 8501 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236.

Bruce E. Levine, clinical psychologist and author of Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic, will discuss increasing rates of depression, how today’s culture plays a role, and what we can do—as individuals and as a society—to reduce this.

“For nearly two decades, Big Pharma commercials have falsely told Americans that mental illness is associated with a chemical brain imbalance, but the truth is that depression and suicidality are associated with poverty, unemployment, and mass incarceration. And the truth is that American society has now become so especially oppressive for young people that an embarrassingly large number of American teenagers and young adults are depressed and suicidal,” says Dr. Levine.

When his book Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic was published in 2007, Dr. Levine’s rethinking of the causes, treatments, and diagnosis of depression was controversial; however, today many of these conclusions are now accepted by mainstream psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.  

The seminar is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For questions, leave a message at 513-985-1581 or email events@jfscinti.org.