Thank you for your ongoing interest in Political Depression. We have included a bit from the book below. Those wishing more information or to contact Dr. Lusson regarding other matters are free to use the contact provided on this site.

A SHORT EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK:

Towards the end of 2016, I was working with patients suffering from anxiety and depression when I began to notice something new coming into the room. Time and again, in the telling of their stories, a similar refrain emerged. I wondered whether it was just a coincidence or whether there was some kind of groupthink taking hold. There was a consistency in tone, a manic or impoverished quality of speech connected to particular words or expressions. There were familiar behaviors, arms flailing about or a withdrawn stillness. At other times, a lost look of disbelief betrayed the sense of hopelessness and helplessness they were experiencing. From those cries, complaints, and conversations, one thing remained constant. They were political in nature. Was this a new stand-alone phenomenon, or an added dimension of a classic depression? The political constant left me wondering whether a different treatment approach might be needed. I didn’t know what to call this thing, but I had to call it something to distinguish it from other depressive disorders with established treatment plans. I came up with the term Political Depression (PD), unaware that the expression predated my use of it by almost 200 years.