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| A Quick Look at the Facts
More people are affected by depression than you may think. In fact, in the U.S. alone, 5% of the population may have major depression at any given time. Researchers believe that between 10% and 25% of all people in America will experience an episode of major depression at some time in their lives.
Depression strikes people of all nationalities, backgrounds, and lifestyles. Some of the possible causes that researchers have suggested are genetic (inherited) factors, various life events and stresses, and "chemical imbalances" in the body.
But depression is almost always caused by a combination of factors in a person's life. Sometimes it may be possible to pinpoint a certain life event that may have set off a depression. But for other people, depression seems to strike for no reason at all, even when life is going well.
Fortunately, early recognition and treatment programs seem to decrease the length and severity of depressive episodes for most people.
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