Depression Needs a Second Opinion

Wilson, best-selling author of the new book 'The Mercy of Eternity: A Memoir of Depression and Grace,' had to muster everything in him to seek a second opinion for his mental illness.

As he struggled for decades with a depression that often left him despondent, Eric Wilson never thought to get a second opinion.

"This might be true of many of us," he said. "We feel we have more ownership of what we see as our body and physical health so, if a doctor gives me a diagnosis I don't like, I'm likely to get a second opinion. It just wasn't the same for mental health."

Wilson, best-selling author of the new book "The Mercy of Eternity: A Memoir of Depression and Grace," had to muster everything in him to seek a second opinion for his mental illness.

After decades of broken relationships, multiple flirtations with suicide, and m