The Black Dog: Causes and Cures for Depression by Professor Glenn D. Wilson

Is depression a response to unfortunate life events, or an unfolding of constitutional predisposition The learned helplessness conceptualisation. Chemical and brain changes observed in depression are they the cause or a manifestation of the negative mood The relationship between negative thoughts and depressed mood which takes priority What can be done to reverse the downward spiral How can we tell when someone is at risk of suicide The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture