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JOHN HEAD is a former mental health reporter and features writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and a former reporter for USA TODAY and the Detroit Free Press. His first book, We Are the Land’s: The Biography of a Homeplace, was named best memoir by the Georgia Writers Association in 1999.

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Black Men and Depression
Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends
Written by John Head

Format: eBook, 224 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: April 7, 2010
Price: $13.99

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Black Men and Depression
Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends
Written by John Head

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $15.00

A first-of-its-kind exploration of black men and depression from an award-winning journalist

The first book to reveal the depths of black men’s buried mental and emotional pain, Standing in the Shadows weaves the author’s story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression with a cultural analysis of how the illness is perceived in... Read more >

Standing In the Shadows
Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men
Written by John Head

Format: eBook, 224 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99

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