Depression facts and figures
· Depression affects more than 19 million American adults 18 and older each year (nearly 10 percent of American adults).
· More than 60 percent of people who die by suicide are estimated to suffer from major depression, with no other psychiatric or physical illness.
· Clinical depression often first appears in adolescence
· About 15 percent of the population develops clinical depression at some time in their lives.
· The vast majority of young adults age 18 and older who are diagnosed with depression do not receive appropriate or any treatment.
· Fewer than half of all Americans consider depression to be a health problem and more than two in five believe it is a sign of personal weakness.