Jon G. Allen, PhD - Senior staff psychologist at The Menninger Clinic Despite mental health professionals' massive efforts to educate the public about depression, misconceptions and lack of knowledge prevail. To obtain sound treatment and to make the best use of it, you must educate yourself. Given the complexity of the topic and the vastness of the literature, educating yourself is no easy matter-especially when you're depressed. This material has been developed from psycho educational programs I have conducted on trauma throughout The Menninger Clinic over the past decade, and it forms the basis for the current educational course on depression in the Professionals in Crisis program. Much of the credit for my understanding of depression goes to the patients who have participated in these educational programs; they are the true experts, and they have taught me graciously