DEPRESSION
HELP FOR AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MENTAL ILLNESS
Places To Go, Things To Do, People To See
Afraid of becoming a zombie? What do you think you are now? Come on, get up. Let's go for a fun-filled spin around the World Wide Web of clinical depression, hm? And, maybe later, we can eat a bunch of chocolate, and jump off a bridge. Or not. There's always tomorrow...
Seriously, get some help. We really do care. Here, read, click, get better. If you need help, ask for it.
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" * Depression is one of the most common mental disorders affecting 340 million people in the world today, accounting for a full 10% of productive years lost throughout the world.
* No one is immune from depression - it occurs in people of all social classes, all countries and all cultural settings.
* One in four women and one in ten men can expect to develop depression during their lifetime, but it's not just adults who suffer...
* ...depression affects at least one in 50 children under 12 and one in 20 teenagers.
* About half of all cases of depression is unrecognised and untreated.
* About 10-15 per cent of depressed people take their own lives.
* Depression costs for example the United States an estimated $53 billion each year.
* The World Health Organisation predicts that by the year 2020 depression will be the greatest burden of ill-health to people in the developing world, and that by then severe depression will be the second largest cause of death and disability.
* BUT DEPRESSION IS ONE OF THE MOST TREATABLE MENTAL ILLNESSES. "
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[Above, from a drugco site, which shall be nameless: Beware those who would exploit this disease... ]
"DEPRESSION CENTRAL defining depression"
"National Institute of Mental Health"
"The American Psychiatric Association"
"Take a confidential screening for depression"
"How to Get Free or Low-Cost Treatment for Depression"
"Social Support and Helping Yourself Fight Depression"
"Online Support Groups: Depression : Message Boards and Chat"
"Anti-Depressants & Side Effects: Drug Search"
"Social Security and Medicare Payments For Depression"
"Helping The Depressed Person Get Treatment"
posted by Cosa Nostradamus @ 2/21/2005 11:56:00 PM
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