Unfortunately, there is lack of understanding about what is depression. I hope to use my many years experience as a psychiatrist to bring some clarity to this confusion. Let me begin with an anecdote. Many years ago, when I was working in a mental hospital, a woman in her 40s, was brought in on a […]

Many years ago I woke up in the middle of the night and I had an urge to play Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.  I listened to it on headphones and at that time I had an experience which is quite rare.  I felt that every note I haven’t made sense and that I had an exhilarating […]