Depression

Question 1

Is depression a mental illness symptom?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

What is the #1 cause of depression?

Answer 2

Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. Rather, there are many possible causes of depression, including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, and medical problems

Question 3

What percentage of people suffer from depression?

Answer 3

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that 16.2 million U.S. adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2016. This represents 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population. Depression is most common in ages 18 to 25 (10.9 percent) and in individuals belonging to two or more races (10.5 percent)

Question 4

What gender is most affected by depression?

Answer 4

Depression is more than twice as prevalent in young women than men (ages 14–25 yr), but this ratio decreases with age. Indeed, starting at puberty, young women are at the greatest risk for major depression and mental disorders globally. And here’s the thing you might be having depression too.