Written by Keri Wiginton
Medically Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on March 04, 2024

Talk to your doctor about your MDD treatment plan

Meet Your Guide
photo of
Keri Wiginton
Advocate

Keri Wiginton’s experience navigating chronic illness, including depression, endometriosis, and migraine, drew her to medical writing and patient advocacy. She’s a longtime freelance writer for WebMD with 20 years of experience in health journalism. She lives in Madison, WI, and volunteers weekly with a local hospice and grief center. 

Show Sources

SOURCES:

Keri Wiginton, 42, medical writer and health journalist, Madison, WI.

John Krystal, MD, chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; chief of psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.

UpToDate: “Depression treatment options for adults.” 

American Psychological Association: “Depression Treatments for Adults.” 

National Institute of Mental Health: “Depression.” 

Stanford Medicine: “Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).” 

Harvard Health Publishing: “Exercise is an all-natural treatment to fight depression.” 

Current Sports Medicine Reports: “The Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression.” 

Frontiers in Psychiatry: “The Effects and Mechanisms of Exercise on the Treatment of Depression.” 

The American Journal of Psychiatry: “Alcohol and the Etiology of Depression.”

View privacy policy and trust info