Clinical Depression or any clinical diagnosis requires psychotherapy and proper medication. There are imbalances in the brain either by the serotonin levels being off, neurotransmitters not firing properly, etc... no amount of talking to friends or reading articles online are going to fix severe mental illness. It can be apart of a person's treatment plan but it should never replace a qualified mental health provider. This is why we have so many kids walking into schools shooting people up, because the kid's family doesn't want the stigma of a severe mental illness being on their child or they are too proud to admit that their child is sick, hence, this is true of recent situations like the Sandy Hook case and the Colorado movie theatre. Society is delusional about their abilities, it's the "that can't happen to me or my loved one's way of thinking"....We become adullts that are responsible for our own life and health, nobody else....