31.   And while lifelong depression can be a chemical imbalance, teen-age depression is often situational.

32.   At any age, depression can be difficult to diagnose because it has many different causes and symptoms.

33.   At the other end of the spectrum is postpartum depression, which intensifies after two weeks.

34.   At the same time, national surveys indicated that depression was far more common than researchers once thought.

35.   Because depression is a serious illness and a major cause of suicide, he said the trend to self-medicate was worrisome.

36.   A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, the saying goes, and a depression is when you lose yours.

37.   A sidebar lists times when depression is most likely to hit women.

38.   After a six-week layoff, Flora tried to play again, but his depression was too deep, his grief too strong.

39.   After all, she says, who else but doctors are going to help people understand that depression is no reason to be embarrassed?

40.   But a panel of experts recently concluded that depression was still being underdiagnosed and undertreated.