This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self Work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just

a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hi and welcome or welcome back to self-work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical

psychologist. I began podcasting last October and I'm so delighted you've

decided to join me today.

We're going to be talking about depression, especially teenage depression,

but really this episode has a lot more impact than simply for teenagers. It's for anyone who has

struggled with depression who has been bullied, who's been ignored, who's been

manipulated, who's had sexual abuse in their life, and who at times may have often

even lost their will to live.

If that's you or someone you love, this podcast hopefully will be helpful for you.

And why?

Because we're going to be talking about the new Netflix series, 13 reasons why, what it is,

the reactions of other people to it. I actually watched it

about now a month ago and the 13 hours were really for me riveting both fascinating and and haunting all at the same time.

Now I'll try not to spoil things for you if you indeed have not watched it and want to, but I am going to be talking

about some of the themes that I thought were most prominent in the series. I'm

going to mention to you some statistics on childhood and teenage depression that are incredibly

surprising and alarming. Then Dr. Michael Yapco, who I've actually been to his seminars several times. He's a great guy. He's an international

expert on depression and he really wants to stress that depression can be learned. We're focused on the genetic inheritance

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