Vince,
I think you are right on the fact about conservatives dealing with depression differently. I have heard many times that depresson is just sin and if you are right with God you will just be happy. It makes me sick. I actually knew a guy that went of the deep end and killed his wife. One pastor I knew told me it was because he had started on anti-depression meds then stopped. My guess is that it had more to do with the fact he actually stopped. Ideas like that are what makes christianity and Christians look bad to the rest of the world. Even if a person were to feel that way, it would be much more biblical to keep their mouth shut then offend everyone.