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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 DEPRESSION: WHAT IT REALLY IS AND WHAT IT REALLY DOES: Causes: Abuse, certain medications, conflict in one's life, death or a loss, stress etc Causes: Abuse, certain medications, conflict in one's life, death or a loss, stress etc Consequences or outcomes: Untreated clinical depression is a serious problem. Untreated depression increases the chance of risky behaviors such as drug or alcohol addiction. Consequences or outcomes: Untreated clinical depression is a serious problem. Untreated depression increases the chance of risky behaviors such as drug or alcohol addiction. Untreated clinical depression is a serious problem. Untreated depression increases the chance of risky behaviors such as drug or alcohol addiction. It also can ruin relationships, cause problems at work, and make it difficult to overcome serious illnesses. Affects physical health. Makes thoughts of suicide higher. Untreated clinical depression is a serious problem. Untreated depression increases the chance of risky behaviors such as drug or alcohol addiction. It also can ruin relationships, cause problems at work, and make it difficult to overcome serious illnesses. Depression is severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. It also can ruin relationships, cause problems at work, and make it difficult to overcome serious illnesses Treated: antidepressants help your mind. Antidepressant medication, used under the guidance of a mental health professional, may relieve some of your depression symptoms. STATISTICS -affects 1 out of 10 Americans - over 80% of people who have depression symptoms are not receiving treatment Arkansas (ranks among the worst in the nation on several measures of mental health)Indiana (has struggled with a sluggish economy, high unemployment, and massive budget shortfalls)Kentucky (high rates of depression, high unemployment and drug abuse)Michigan (high levels of unemployment causing stress and depression)Mississippi (highest rate of depression in the nation linked to the state being the poorest in nation)Missouri (high rate of serious psychological distress)Nevada (high rates of mental distress due to poor economy)Oklahoma (high poverty rate and low rates of health insurance coverage)Tennessee (10 percent of residents have experienced an episode of major depression)West Virginia (ranked last or next-to-last in every mental-health category Over 60 percent of all people who die by suicide suffer from major depression. If one includes alcoholics who are depressed, this figure rises to over 75 percent.Depression affects nearly 10 percent of Americans ages 18 and over in a given year, or more than 24 million peopleMore Americans suffer from depression than coronary heart disease (17 million), cancer (12 million) and HIV/AIDS (1 million)About 15 percent of the population will suffer from clinical depression at some time during their lifetime. Thirty percent of all clinically depressed patients attempt suicide; half of them ultimately die by suicide. Depression is among the most treatable of psychiatric illnesses. Between 80 percent and 90 percent of people with depression respond positively to treatment, and almost all patients gain some relief from their symptoms. But first, depression has to be recognized. Up to 15% of those who are clinically depressed die by suicide. In 1997, suicide was the 8th leading cause of death in the United States. 10.6 out of every 100,000 persons died by suicide. The total number of suicides was approximately 30,535.In 1996 there were an estimated 500,000 suicide attempts. It affects each part of the health triangle because mentally, you're drained and extremely sad. Socially, you don't want to be around people, you feel alone and just want to be alone. Physically, you don't want to do anything except lay around and do nothing because you're not motivated and feel drained. A healthy lifestyle could change the outcome of this issue because you have friends you surround yourself with, you're not physically drained and want to do things again, and mentally you're not sad, you're happy.
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