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Whether for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, or depression - health screenings provide a quick and easy way to spot the first signs of serious illness and can reach people who might not otherwise seek professional medical advice. Clinical depression is a common medical illness affecting more than 19 million American Adults each year. Like screenings for other illnesses, depression screenings should be a routine part of healthcare.

Why Screen for Depression?

Clinical depression is a serious medical illness.

Clinical depression can lead to suicide.

Sometimes people with depression mistakenly believe that the symptoms of depression are a "normal part of life."

Clinical depression affects men and women of all ages, races and socioeconomic groups.

One in four women and one in ten men will experience depression at some point during their lifetime.

Two thirds of those suffering from the illness do not seek the necessary treatment.

Depression can co-occur and complicate other medical conditions.

More than 80% of all cases of clinical depression can be effectively treated with medication, psychotherapy or a combination of both.

Screenings are often the first step in getting help.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you have symptoms of depression is by taking a free, confidential depression-screening test.

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/take-depression-screening

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This was a helpful, easy to navigate website on Depression: 

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This was a helpful, easy to navigate website on Depression: 

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https://thiswayup.org.au/how-do-you-feel/sad/

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I think that it is also important to include postpartum depression in on this conversation too since it affects so many women AND can also affect dad too.

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http://age-pride.org/
"The landmark study Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study is the first federally-funded longitudinal national project designed to better understand the aging, health, and well-being of LGBTQ midlife and older adults and their families. With over 2,400 LGBTQ adults ranging in age from 50 to over 100, this project deepens our understanding of how various life experiences are related to changes in aging, health, and well-being over time. "

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Some wonderful visual depictions of depression.

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I would like to share this short video that identifies 5 types and how they show.

https://youtu.be/PbJB02Zlh4w

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This is pop psychology, but I find it can be helpful when talking to non SW or social service professionals when talking about how prevalent depression is.  

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This is pop psychology, but I find it can be helpful when talking to non SW or social service professionals when talking about how prevalent depression is.  

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/depression-statistics_n_6480412.html

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This is a lengthy ted talk, but a good one. Andrew Solomon describes depression symptoms in heavy detail along with the treatment and stigma associated. Enjoy!

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Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share

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"The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression.