Depression: What it is. What it isn't. What helps.

In this issue:

• What’s a Catholic Perspective on Depression? by Rev. Jake Anderson Practicing Presence
• Essential Differences between Spiritual Direction and Psychotherapy by Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason
• By the Numbers Mental Illness in North America by Carlos Freire
• Understanding the 3D’s Depression, Delirium, and Dementia by Paula M. Taliaferro, MGS, LSW
• “Save the Pieces” Bishop John Dolan’s Personal Experience of Suicide Loss and the Profound Power of Spiritual Accompaniment by Bishop John P. Dolan
• Nothing Can Survive Without Food A Dharma Teacher Offers Practices for Dealing with Situational Depression by Kaira Jewel Lingo
• The Charism of Unity and Psychology by Chiara Lubich
• Listening to New Generations Living Laudato Si’ by Céire Kealty
• The Christmas Tree by Pope Francis