Depression and Mental Health

Did you know that medications for depression and other mental illnesses are among the three most dispensed, according to several prominent health insurance carriers? Medications for wellbutrin, zoloft, and the like rank up there with medications for cholestrol (lipitor) and diabetes. Depression is a silent killer within the black community. And with a troubling economy, there are likely to be more reported cases of people slipping off into these unwanted syndromes. Book author Sharon D. Denny will discuss her motivation for writing her debut novel The Baker's Dozen, which touches on this subject. As promised, The Maverick always comes with an edge and this latest segment will be no different!