It's a very good question. Thank you very much.
There is a fairly high level of depression among people who live with multiple sclerosis. Numbers say about 50% of people who live with MS will suffer major incidents of depression. I got a little choked up when I talked about leaving work. I suffered a major depressive event during that period.
We with the MS Society are doing a lot about awareness of this. I will be giving a presentation tomorrow night as part of a national education event talking about wellness, and the emotional piece is part of it. It's really about education. I was lucky that between them my neurologist and my GP, when I was walking to the MS clinic and breaking down in tears, which is not what I do, said I needed to be on drugs. I was put on therapy to deal with the depression, and it worked.
Really, it's a question of education, and mirroring what Dr. Kleiner-Fisman is saying, the whole cycle of social needs of people with chronic illnesses is much bigger than just the drugs; it's the emotional element of it.