The Legacy of Christian Thought on Depression

In the american religious right, there is still a lot of stigma associated with depression. There's very little sympathy for the idea that it's something beyond weakness or strength. I think across the religious spectrum, one encounters a variety of attitudes. And so there has always been a literature of sympathy and a literature of endurance which says, as it were, just hold on tight. Some kind of good comes out of your battle with it....