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Depression: Out of the Shadows

Preview and Panel Discussion on Depression

Open to the public, especially individuals and families who have experienced depression
Tuesday, May 13
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Welcome/Program Preview: 6:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion: 7:00 p.m.
WHYY Technology Center
150 N. 6th Street
Philadelphia

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Please join us Tuesday May 13 from 5:30-8pm - Dr. Dan Gottlieb, host of WHYY-FM's Voices in the Family, will moderate a panel discussion on depression and explore how depression affects individuals and families, as well as various causes and treatments. Guests will include Larkin McPhee, the PBS program Writer/Producer/Director; Terrie Williams, who is featured in the film, who has had depression; and John P. O'Reardon, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry.




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