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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Stats and Facts
B. Introduction
C. Depression and Special Populations
D. Causes
E. Assessments & Treatments

• Medications
• Psychotherapy
• Alternative
• Other

• Depression has more than doubled in the last 50 years;
  
• 15 percent of people with depressive disorders commit suicide;
  
• Almost 20 million Americans currently suffer from depression and twice that number will suffer at some time in their lifetime;
  
• Women suffer from depressive disorders at twice the rate of men;
  
• One in four women will suffer from depression in her lifetime;
  
• By the year 2010, depression will be the 2nd most common health problem in the US (behind heart disease);
  
• Depression is one of the most treatable illnesses: 80-90% find relief;
  
• Although depression is successfully treated, the majority of sufferers do not seek help;

Additional Stats

Teenage Depression Statistics

CEU Article #1

Depression Overview • Introduction • What is a Depressive Disorder? • Types of Depression • Causes of Depression –    o Key Understanding    o Depression in Women    o Depression in Men    o Depression in the Elderly    o Depression in Children • Symptoms of Depression and    Mania • Diagnostic Evaluation and    Treatment    o Meditations    o Side Effects    o Herbal Therapy • Psychotherapies • How to Help Yourself If You Are    Depressed • How Family and Friends Can    Help the Depressed Person • Where to Get Help • Research Findings • Further Information and    References

The Invisible Disease: Depression

Depression – eMedicinehealth.com

	CEU Article #2
	Adult Children of Depressed Parents have Higher Risk of Mental and Physical Illness

NYU Child Study Center – About Depressive Disorders

New Data Add to Puzzle About Antidepressant, Youth-Suicide Link

Behaviors May Indicate Risk of Adolescent Depression

	CEU Article #3
	Depression: What Every Woman Should Know

	CEU Article #4
	Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Facts

Depression and Older Adults: What It is and How to Get Help

Improving depression outcomes in older adults with comorbid medical illness.

	CEU Article #5
	Depression can break your heart

Unless cancer patients have major depression, antidepressants don't seem to do anything for them, Australian researchers have found.
No Antidepressant Benefit for Cancer Patients Lacking Major Depression

Association between obesity and psychiatric disorders in the US Adult Populations– 2006 Research

Treatment of Depression Among Impoverished Primary Care Patients from Ethnic Minority Groups

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