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Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. Depression can also lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home.

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Depression was originally called “melancholia” and has always been a health problem for human beings. Melancholia has been around since the second millenium B.C. and has appeared throughout mesopotamian texts. At this time Melancholia (depression) was thought to be caused by demons who had taken over or possessed humans beings.

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Approximately 280 million people in the world have depression. Depression is estimated to affect 5% of all adults. 16.6% of all people will most likely experience depression at some point in their lifetime.

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An estimated 21 million U.S. adults 18 and older had at least one major depressive episode within the past year. 24.5% of all people are diagnosed with some form of a depressive disorder.

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Depression can occur at at any time, but it usually first appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Depression can occur in all people, but women are more likely to experience depression, and some studies even show that one-third of all women will experience a major depressive episode at some point in their lifetime.

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Depression can make you feel a bunch of different ways, some examples are feelings of sadness, emptiness, outbursts of anger, loss of interests in activities, ect.

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Depression can be caused by a number of different things. Some examples of those causes are abuse, age, certain medications, death, substance misuse, and serious illnesses. Your lifestyle and the way you live may also affect depression.

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Your own personal lifestyle can affect depression. Lack of exercise, proper nutrition, sleep, and drug and alcohol abuse all can lead to depression.

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Anyone can have depression, but there is a high degree of heritability (about 40%) when first degree relatives (parents/children/siblings) have depression.

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Depression is one of the most treatable mental disorders. Between 80% and 90% of people with depression eventually respond well to treatment, and almost all patients gain some relief from their symptoms. Depression can be treated in two different ways; medication and psychotherapy “talk therapy.” There are a couple of ways people can prevent and help reduce their symptoms those being: exercising regularly, getting enough quality sleep, a healthy diet, and avoiding from alcohol.