Friday, October, 30, 2009
How Many Americans Are Affected By Depression
May 26, 2009
According to a new government survey, 16.5 million Americans age 18 or older--or 1 in 13 adults--experienced at least one bout of major depression in the past year, and less than two-thirds of those people got treated for their depression.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Paul Ballas
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Health Expert
...time of year can be tough on some people, and being affected by the lower light is nothing to be...
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By Deborah Gray
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Health Expert
...and you know that your work performance is being affected, you want to ask for these...
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By Judith Wurtman
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Health Expert
...work to reverse the down-in-the-dumps mood of winter depression and will do the same during the...
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By Deborah Gray
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Health Expert
...really has nothing to do with you. Your partner's depression is coloring his perceptions of...
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Health Guide
...physical abuse and that childhood sexual abuse victims, in particular, are more likely to be adversely
affected.”Gretchen Tietjen, MDComments and Summary As the authors point out in the journal...
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...Disorder Treatment, 2007, Mayo ClinicAntidepressants: Medicine for
Depression, 2005, FamilyDoctor.org,
American Academy of Family PhysiciansAntidepressants: Medications for
Depression, 2007,...
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...A series of ground-breaking studies explain why: The First Study At a symposium at the 2002
American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Charles Nemeroff MD, PhD of Emory University...
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...Viagra!,” take a deep breath and remain calm. Medical researchers estimate that between 18 and 20 million
American men experience some type of erectile dysfunction. If a man has an occasional...
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...studies in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands showed that 47% of Migraineurs are
affected by
depression as compared to 17% of the general population. Dr. Richard B. Lipton,...
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