Just thought we would share some statistics we retrieve today.Depression Kills.Let's get help if feeling depressed consumes our very existence.You are not alone!
Knowledge is power.http://www.bestfunfacts.com/United-States.html
depression Era woman and her children
The United States is the most depressed country! The following were results of a study done by Harvard Medical School and World Health Organization indicating the percentage of people in each nation who suffer from depression (March 2007):
9.6% in the US
6.6% in Lebanon
4.8% in Mexico
3.8% in Italy
3.1% in Japan
0.8% in Nigeria (a country that suffers from violence, poverty, and diseases!)
The number of American children (including preschoolers) who take anti-depressants has grown an average of 10% each year between 1998 and 2004 (The Washington Post
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