We just added
a section on depression, including links for getting help, to our Resource Center. Part of my unintended theme for the week -- things you don't think about when you see someone in a wheelchair.
From that section: "Depression is found two or three times more often among people who are
paralyzed than among the nondisabled – it is common but not normal.
Becoming discouraged, grief-stricken or sad is normal, but depression
is a health problem unto itself. Most types of depression, however, can
be treated."
The hardest part is getting someone to seek help.
Start by recognizing it in yourself or in others.
Read up.
Rob
