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According to a major surveys, more than 13% of Americans experience major depression disorder over the course of their lifetimes. Furthermore, an estimated 18 million Americans experience major depression each year. Depression is second only to high blood pressure as a chronic condition encountered by primary care doctors. Depression is an illness that can afflict anyone, regardless of age, race, class, or gender. A third of all depressed people consider suicide, and 9% attempt it.
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Expert & Community Posts
Depression in Men
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...between males and females are roughly similar during childhood and differences begin to emerge... Read more »
Recognizing Depression in Children
By Deborah Gray , Health ExpertAs I said in an earlier blog entry, most of my childhood was blighted by clinical depression. After... Read more »
Diabetes, Parental Sorrow and Depression
By Kim Benjet , Health Expert...effectively so the disease didn’t get in the way of his childhood. The developmental... Read more »
Depression in Women with Migraine Linked to Childhood Abuse
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, childhood abuse is more common in women... Read more »
The Causes of Depression in Women
By DepressionCast , Health Expert...more hardships, such as poverty, poor education, childhood sexual abuse, and other traumas than... Read more »
Health Guide
Depression Issues: What is depression?
...from a variety of factors related to biological and genetic background, environmental influences, and childhood or developmental experiences. There are many types of depression. Depression is... Read more »Hitting the Books: Your Must-Have Depression Reading List
...depression in women.Children and Depression“Help Me, I’m Sad”: Recognizing, Treating and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression, by David G. Fassler This is a very valuable book for... Read more »The First 48 Hours: Top 10 Depression Myths Debunked
...are just a part of growing up. We’d like to believe that all children experience a happy, carefree childhood, but that’s simply not the case. According to the National Institute of Mental... Read more »Depression in Women with Migraine Linked to Childhood Abuse
...September 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, childhood abuse is more common in women with Migraine who suffer depression than in women with... Read more »Meet Deborah Gray, Depression Expert Patient
Deborah Gray lived with undiagnosed clinical depression, both major episodes and dysthymia, from childhood through young adulthood. She was finally diagnosed at age 27, and since that time, her... Read more »Images
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