Anika and Liz don their blue shirts and do a deep dive into depictions of depression in Star Trek. (Please note this includes discussions of suicide and self-harm.) 
The early years: Dr Elizabeth Dehner
Badmirals
Spock's stories can be a metaphor for a lot of things, but the emotional repression to depression pipeline is definitely one of them
(Anika has a whole THING about The Motion Picture and Spock's arc, it's amazing)


The 90s: A counsellor on the bridge
Stories that are explicitly about mental health
Lwaxana Troi

Sometimes the problem is not the depiction in the series, but the (ableist) reaction of fans
Anika presents a very strong argument for B'Elanna having an anxiety disorder


Post 9/11 (ENT and the Kelvinverse films)Liz says T'Pol was the first female Vulcan character when clearly she meant first female Vulcan regular, don't @ us
ENT reverts to a very masculine type of story: men deal with feelings through avoidance and sex, while T'Pol is literally too emotional
ENT and the AOS era: a time of magical healing vaginas as substitute for mental health care


The Trek RenaissanceDiscovery and Picard tell explicit stories about mental health, with varying levels of success
Prodigy and Lower Decks tell implicit stories
SNW takes us back to the manly man stories of the ENT era


Harmful and helpful depictionsfandom ableism
Liz has an UNPOPULAR OPINION about the depiction of Seven in Picard
"I'm gonna say something mean about Katrina Cornwell."



Specific episodes we talk about include:
"The Loss" (TNG)

"Dark Page" (TNG)

"Emissary" (DS9)

"It's Only A Paper Moon" (DS9)

"Night" (VOY)

"Extreme Risk" (VOY)

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