Prof. Pieklo has acknowledged suffering from depression--the same psychiatric malady, she has said, which took her mother's life.

See:

http://twitter.com/Hegemommy/status/55069859855351808

Here is a screenshot of Prof. Pieklo's deleted tweet:

Here is Prof. Pieklo's tweet in text form:

Hegemommy: MT @completelydark: Standing w/ @johnmoe on depression. It took my Mom & it came standard w/my brain kit too// same here