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Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. At least 8 percent of adults in the United States experience serious depression at some point during their lives, and estimates range as high as 17 percent. The illness affects all people, regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic standing. However, women are two to three times more likely than men to suffer from depression. Experts disagree on the reason for this difference. Some cite differences in hormones, and others point to the stress caused by society’s expectations of women.
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Depression is one of the most common and treatable of all mental illnesses. In any six-month period, 9.4 million Americans (340 million people in the world) suffer from this disease. One in four women and one in 10 men can expect to develop it during their lifetime. No one is immune from depression - it occurs in people of all social classes, all countries and all cultural settings. Eighty to 90 percent of those who suffer from depression can be effectively treated, and nearly all people who receive treatment derive some benefit.
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Depression has many faces, changing the way it appears from one person to the next. Compounding this problem is the fact that most people are unaware that depression is an illness. Also, many have a negative attitude toward mental illness and its treatment.
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Depression can occur in children of all ages, including preschoolers, although adolescents have the highest risk (about 20%). Risk factors for depression in young people include having parents, particularly mothers with depression. Early negative experiences and exposure to stress ... pose a risk for depression. Sometimes depression develops after a physical illness. In adolescents, feeling alienated from parents is a strong predictor for depression.
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Depression involves the brain's delicate chemistry — specifically, it involves chemicals called neurotransmitters. These chemicals help send messages between nerve cells in the brain. Certain neurotransmitters regulate mood, and if they run low, people can become depressed, anxious, and stressed. Stress ... can affect the balance of neurotransmitters and lead to depression.
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Depression that follows a traumatic event, such as the death of a loved one, is called situational depression. Some people become temporarily depressed in reaction to certain holidays (holiday blues) or meaningful anniversaries, such as the anniversary of a loved one's death. Depression without an apparent precipitating event is called endogenous depression.
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