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I tell people to throw the rope, don't get in the water and treat themselves. there is very little that you can do for an addict if they are hell bent on destroying themselves and clearly michael was on that trajectory. >> geraldo: do you consider him a classic addict? >> i didn't know him. i mean everything that i hear about him or read about him shows me the signs that, indeed, he was. i understand it from the life that he had to be honest with you to medicate. what it is about is the underlying causes and conditions. what he had to live with as a human being. clearly he was tortured. clearl...

Segment. the medical a-team, a surgeon and chief of the division of robotics at mount sinai in new york city. good to have you here. how are you. >> first of all, wonderful, i'm not depressed. who should be concerned about the disease, first of all? >> depression is a brain illness that can affect the thoughts and mood and more importantly can affect the whole body and we've talked about stroke and heart disease and the men battle with depression and also suffer from all of these. somehow directly and indirectly can affect it. now, both men and women get depressed and the numbers 12 million fo...