TALE OF THE DEPRESSION (Dallas Morning News)
LITTLE ROCK – Maudie White Hopkins did what she had to do as a young girl living a hard-scrabble life in the Ozarks in the Depression. In a family of 10 children, she did laundry and cleaned house for an elderly Confederate veteran in Baxter County.

Thanks from Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (The Union)
The Nevada County chapter of Depression Bipolar Support Alliance gratefully acknowledges the friends and family of Dorothy Bachanas for their generous donations given in her name.

You've Got To Have Hope: Studies Show 'Hope Therapy' Fights Depression (Science Daily)
A growing body of research suggests that there is a potent way to fight symptoms of depression that doesn't involve getting a prescription. This potent weapon? Hope. "We're finding that hope is consistently associated with fewer symptoms of depression. And the good news is that hope is something that can be taught, and can be developed in many of the people who need it," said Jennifer Cheavens ...

Does 'Hope Therapy' Help Depression? (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Does 'Hope Therapy' Help Depression? Category: Health News Created: 8/19/2008 Last Editorial Review: 8/19/2008

Redundancy and the threat of a great depression (Financial Times)
Philip Joslin, a senior clinician at Lifeworks, a private clinic in London dealing with addictions and depression, believes redundancy "is not just a matter of economic survival. It threatens people's very identity".

Hope Therapy for Depression (Psych Central)
Emerging research suggests cognitive behavioral therapy that teaches an individual to have hope can overcome depression. “We’re finding that hope is consistently associated with fewer symptoms of depression. And the good news is that hope is something that can be taught, and can be developed in many of the people who need it,” [...]

Depression-era job corps marks 75th anniversary (Detroit News)
HARTFORD, Conn . -- An 18-year-old Harold Mattern welcomed the idea of clearing forest trails and building bridges and dams as a member of President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps.

Amity Shlaes: Repeating key mistakes of the Great Depression (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Perverse monetary policy was the greatest cause of the Great Depression.

Edouard downgraded to a tropical depression (The Champions Sun)
At 400 pm CDT, the Center of Tropical Depression Edouard was located near latitude 30.2 north and longitude 95.2 west or about 35 miles north-northeast of Houston.

Depression: illness, not weakness (CBC Montreal)
More than three million Canadians will experience a major bout of depression at some point in their lives, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association.