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Friday, October, 30, 2009

How Many Americans Are Affected By Depression

Depression affects 1 in 13 U.S. adults

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. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Genital Herpes and Depression
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

...depression. Depression affects around 19 million Americans at any one time. And treatment does... Read more »

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Beat the Winter Blues
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert

...time of year can be tough on some people, and being affected by the lower light is nothing to be... Read more »

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Accommodations for Depression at Work
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...and you know that your work performance is being affected, you want to ask for these... Read more »

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Winter Blues in the Summer
By Judith Wurtman , Health Expert

...work to reverse the down-in-the-dumps mood of winter depression and will do the same during the... Read more »

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What to Do When Your Partner is Depressed
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...really has nothing to do with you. Your partner's depression is coloring his perceptions of... Read more »

Health Guide

Depression in Women with Migraine Linked to Childhood Abuse
...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... Read more »
How Antidepressants are Used to Treat Anxiety
...Disorder Treatment, 2007, Mayo ClinicAntidepressants: Medicine for Depression, 2005, FamilyDoctor.org, American Academy of Family PhysiciansAntidepressants: Medications for Depression, 2007,... Read more »
Stress Part I: Some Landmark Findings
...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... Read more »
Problem with an Erection?  How to determine if it’s ED.
...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... Read more »
Half of Iraq Veterans with Migraine Also Have Depression
...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,... Read more »

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