Top 25 Facts about Depression

Here are some important facts and basic information about depressive disorder. You will be able to educate yourself about depression at a glance by reading or knowing the facts.

• Depression is the most common as fever and frequently visible mental disorder. There is a possibility that one out of five people may be attacked by depression.
• Depressive illness is categorized into three distinct criteria (a) Major depressive disorder (b) Bipolar disorder (c) Dysthymia.
• Depression can strike at any age, any gender, in any country, any culture or any economic status.
• Genetic is the most leading cause which can trigger depression. The people with medical history of depression have chances of 1.5-3.0 times more than general people.
• Depression could take place among people due to both personal and professional difficulties which can affect both personal and professional life.
• The symptoms of depression can be ranges from low to high. The symptoms are mood swings, sleep disturbance, grief, hopelessness, appetite change, worthlessness, lack of interest, lack of sex drives, suicidal thought and death, irritability, guilt feeling and so on.
• Mental disorders are frequently visible in all over the world especially in United States. Depressive disorder is one of the 10 leading causes of disability in the U.S.
• Now a day children and teenager are experiencing depressive disorder more than adult.
• Women are suffering from depression more than men. The rate of depression is twice in women than men.
• In the whole world the rate of depression is higher among single mother.
• About 5%-10% of women and 2%-5% of men will experience at least one major depressive episode during their adult life.
• Women between the ages of 25-44 are in high risk for experiencing depression.
• According to World Health Organization, in the United States major depression disorder is the prime cause of disability among people.
• Depression is such a mental disorder which often experienced in number of periods and continues for several months or even lasts longer in some cases.
• Because of Mood disorders by U.S. employers, it is estimated that 16 billion dollars annual work time has been lost.
• World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that depression will be the number two cause of “lost years of healthy life” worldwide by the year 2020.
• 90 out of 100 suicide victims have a treatable mental disorder. Based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV), mental disorders are diagnosed in the U.S.
• In USA every year many people committed to suicide due to depressive disorder.
• Anxiety disorders and substance abuse can also lead the people to develop depression.
• In USA about 19 million people attacked by clinical depression once a year.
• Depressive illness is the most treatable of all psychological illnesses. About 60 percent to 80 percent people have the chance to get rid of depression.
• There are many treatment centers or mental health professional, which can successfully treat depressive illness with the effective treatment procedures, such as talking treatment including counseling, psychotherapy, ECT and some right antidepressant medications.
• Sometimes depressive illness requires some time to be recovered. In most cases the depressed people could not find any improvement in their depressive state for 2 or 3 weeks.
• Suicidal death is more common among depressed men whereas suicidal thought is common among depressed female.
• Sometimes people again experience depression, even if it completely recovered.