This from the NAMI website about depression:
Major depression is a serious medical illness affecting 15 million American adults, or approximately 5-8 percent of the adult population in a given year.
Unlike normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss or passing mood states, major depression is persistent and can significantly interfere with an individual's thoughts, behavior, mood, activity and physical health.
Among all medical illnesses, major depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States and many other developed countries.
Depression occurs twice as frequently in women as in men, for reasons that are not fully understood. (WHY is that???)
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