Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Christopher Lukas
  • Christopher Lukas, Health Guide
  • Location: United States
  • Gender: Male
  • Birthday: March 06, 1935
  • Bio: Writer and Director
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HEALTH INTERESTS:

Depression,  antidepressants,  depression symptoms,  depression treatment,  suicide; those left behind after a suicide ("survivors")

DRUGS I AM TAKING:

Christopher Lukas has not shared any drug information.

ABOUT ME:

For the past forty years, I have produced, written, and directed program material for public and commercial television and the educational/industrial markets. My career, which began in Hollywood, continued in NYC, where I was a producer of over 200 hours of programs for WNET over a nine year period, as well as Director of Programming for that outlet.

My productions include The World Of Abnormal Psychology, 13 one-hour programs for PBS, and Whose Death is it Anyway? a PBS program on end-of-life decision-making. I have made a reputation for myself in the field of hospice and palliative care videos.

I am the author most recently of BLUE GENES: A memoir of Loss and Survival, coming out in September of 2008. Also of Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide (in its 16th year), Staying in Charge, a handbook of information on end-of-life care (John Wiley & Sons), and, most recently, The First Year: Prostate Cancer. (Marlowe Books).

My contributions to MyDepressionConnection will focus on relating my own life-long depression and that within my family to what I have learned from my work in psychology and from life experiences; how I can help others who may not have seen depression from my particular point of view.

I want to correspond with other users of the web site.

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Editor's Note:

Lukas has a book coming out in September from Doubleday: BLUE GENES is about his family, which suffered from bipolar disorder and depression for generations. He is a survivor in a family in which there were many suicides. You can read about the book and see a short video here: Blue Genes.

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10/19/08

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Christopher Lukas posted Hopelessness and Depression: Murphy's Law

10/18/08

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Christopher Lukas posted Living with a Depressed Person: Part 2

08/18/08

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Christopher Lukas posted The Support Group Idea

08/11/08

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Christopher Lukas answered How long does depression last

08/09/08

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Christopher Lukas posted What? Me, Take Medicine?

08/07/08

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Christopher Lukas answered is this depression??

08/05/08

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Christopher Lukas answered How do I tell anyone? Hiding it is so difficult.

08/05/08

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