16 Bringing health care news to your home Jenna Clark has lived with depression for about 15 years. Her journey started soon after the birth of her first child, when she was diagnosed with a form of the condition called postpartum depression. Clark, now 40, was able to control her depression with counseling and medications. But about five years ago, after she developed another illness, her depression deepened and the treatments stopped working. Things got so bad for Clark that she questioned whether she wanted to go on living. “Depression can look different for everyone,” Clark said. “For me, it was a deep sadness rooted in my ‘new normal,’ and the thought that my family and friends would be better off without me being such a burden.” Thankfully, Clark’s primary care doctor referred her to Venkata Kolli, MD, MBBS, a psychiatrist at Columbus Psychiatry Clinic and associate professor in the department of psychiatry at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Soon afterward, Clark began a new course of treatment that is making a difference. A new option for treating depression
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