In support of Mental Health Awareness Month, Bijal V. Patel, MD, and Cynthia Polis, RN, PHN from Balboa Nephrology were joined by ReMend Mentors and Lupe Rodriguez, LCSW & Program Director of Holistic Addiction Services with Spark Center for Self Development for a casual, honest conversation about Mental Health and Its Effects on Chronic Illness. Topics covered in this discussion:

• What is depression?
• Can you ever really be healed from depression?
• How does stress affect your health when you already have a chronic illness?
• Caregiver depression