It's also when they are getting pregnant. Right now, I use sertraline for lactation because that's what I've got in my hand. I mail a copy of the article to their pediatrician. Because it doesn't do me any good to start them on the medication and their pediatrician tells them absolutely not, you can't take this med. So we have to do lots of education of family members, pediatricians and the like.
Exercise is great.
With a colleague, I am doing a study of Omega-3 fatty acids in depression, which is found in fish oil. We used to eat a lot more foods that are high in Omega-3 fatty acids like fish, wild game. Now foods are much higher in Omega-6 fatty acids and the rates of depression, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases have gone up with the change in the diet. So there have been lots of studies looking at Omega-3 fatty acids or fish oil to treat rheumatoid arthritis, to treat cardiovascular disease, and we're starting to look at them to treat depression. So eat lots of salmon, tuna, haddock, sardines.