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Keri Wiginton
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Keri Wiginton’s experience navigating chronic illness, including depression, endometriosis, and migraine, drew her to medical writing and patient advocacy. She’s a longtime freelance writer for WebMD with 20 years of experience in health journalism. She lives in Madison, WI, and volunteers weekly with a local hospice and grief center. 

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Keri Wiginton, 42, writer and advocate, Madison, WI. 

John Krystal, MD, chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; chief of psychiatry, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.

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Genetics and Genomics: “Epidemiologic and Genetic Associations of Endometriosis With Depression, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders.” 

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Currently Treatment Options in Allergy: “Mental Health in Allergic Rhinitis: Depression and Suicidal Behavior.” 

Scientific Reports: “Association of suicidal ideation and depression with the use of proton pump inhibitors in adults: a cross-sectional study.” 

NYU Langone Health: “Depression.” 

Frontiers in Psychiatry: “Genetics Factors in Major Depression Disease.” 

Mental Health America: “Find Support Groups.” 

Anxiety & Depression Association of America: “Support Groups.”

UpToDate: “DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for a major depressive episode.” 

UW Health: “Caring for Your Mental Health in Primary Care.”

Stanford Medicine: “Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).” 

Mayo Clinic: “Depression (major depressive disorder).” 

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology: “Irritable bowel syndrome and mental health comorbidity – approach to multidisciplinary management.”