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For most countries among the 10 studied, the number of people who experience depression during their lifetimes falls within an 8–12% range. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In North America, the probability of having a major depressive episode within any year-long period is 3–5% for males and 8–10% for females.
The source for the data below is the OECD Health Statistics 2018, released by the OECD in June 2018 and updated on 8 November 2018. [1]The unit of measurement used by the OECD is defined daily dose (DDD), defined as "the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used on its main indication in adults". [2]
Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, [18] a rate among the ten highest in the world. There are ...
The world’s ‘winter depression hotspots’ may surprise you. Here are the top 15 countries ... Canada: 62.0. Lithuania: 60.7. Denmark: 60.5. Ireland: 59.3. ... People. Christie Brinkley ...
Medications for Depression: An Overview. Antidepressants are a class of medications used very commonly to treat depression. In fact, nearly 13 percent of people 12 and over in the U.S. used ...
Mental disorders have been found to be common, with over a third of people in most countries reporting sufficient criteria to be diagnosed at some point in their life. [1] The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in 2001 that about 450 million people worldwide have some form of mental disorder or brain condition, and that one in four people ...
Younger people are still more likely to be depressed. Americans ages 18 to 29 years old report the highest levels of depression, with those 30 to 49 years old showing the next highest levels ...
Numerous notable people have had some form of mood disorder. This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable sources associating them with some form of bipolar disorder (formerly known as "manic depression"), including cyclothymia, based on their own public statements; this discussion is sometimes tied to the larger topic of creativity and mental illness. In the case of dead people only ...