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 following facts:

1. Depression is the most common as fever and frequently visible mental disorder. There is a possibility that 1 out of 5 people may be attacked by depression.
2. Depressive illness is categorized into three distinct criteria (a) Major depressive disorder (b) Bipolar disorder (c) Dysthymia.
3. Depression can strike at any age, any gender, in any country, any culture or any economic status.
4. Genetic is the most leading cause which can trigger depression. The people with medical history of depression have the chances of 1.5-3.0 times more than general people.
5. Depression could take place among people due to both personal and professional difficulties which can affect both personal and professional life.
6.  The symptoms of depression can be ranged from low to high. The symptoms are mood swings, sleeping disorder, grief, hopelessness, appetite change, worthlessness, lack of interest, lack of sex drive, suicidal thought and death, irritability, guilt feeling and so on.
7. 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.
8. Now a day children and teenager are experiencing depressive disorder more than adult.
9. Women are suffering from depression more than men. The rate of depression is twice in women than men.
10. In the whole world the rate of depression is higher among single mother.
11. About 5%-10% of women and 2%-5% of men will experience at least one major depressive episode during their adult phase of life.
12. Women between the ages of 25-44 are in high risk for experiencing depression.
13. According to World Health Organization, in the United States, major depression disorder is the prime cause of disability among people.
14. Depression is such a mental disorder which is often experienced in number of periods and continues for several months or even lasts longer in some cases.
15. It is estimated that 16 billion dollars annual work time has been lost due to mood disorders by U.S. employers.
16. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that depression will be the number two cause of “lost years of healthy life” worldwide by the year 2020.
17. 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), higher number of mental disorders are diagnosed in the U.S.
18. In USA every year many people committed to suicide due to depressive disorder.
19. Anxiety disorders and substance abuse can also lead the people to develop depression.
20. In USA about 19 million people are attacked by clinical depression once a year.
21. Depressive illness is the most treatable of all psychological illnesses. About 60 percent to 80 percent people have the chances to get rid of depression.
22. There are many treatment centers or mental health professionals which can successfully treat depressive illness with the effective treatment procedures, such as talking treatment including counseling, psychotherapy, ECT and some right antidepressant medications.
23. 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.
24. Suicidal death is more common among depressed men whereas suicidal thought is common among depressed female.
25. Sometimes people again experience depression, even if it is completely recovered.