I am new at this board but have already found it's onformation VERY helpful. A little background, I now from what I have read, tests online and various books, that I do have depression, although I have never been professionally diagnosed. i know also that it does run in my immediate family, Mom and Dad, both are dead, I suspect had it. I left my husband after 14 years of abuse and his alcoholism to go to a town I know noone, can't seem to get motivated to fet a job. The only thing I seem to do right is concentrate on raising my son, alone. I would like to know how do I get help and/or diagnosed. I don't have a regular docter, haven't been to one since 1995, after I had my son. Help Please?? I want to feel good again. Thanks