Depression in adults is an underrecognized, undertreated, and stigmatizing illness that can cause an enormous amount of suffering in the family. It can spread like a contagion through families, affecting everyone's lives, but especially the children's. As Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Boston's Children's Hospital, Dr. William R. Beardslee has spent his professional career combating the stigma of depression and directing his attention to the question that concerns depressed parents most: "Will my child be all right?"
