Depression - Are You Suffering Personal and Physical Costs?
Depression is a major health problem.
The depressive illness can range from interfering with our usual activities and relationships (mild to moderate depression) to making it hard to relate or communicate with others or to do day-to-day tasks ( debilitating or severe depression).
Estimates of depression rates vary considerably but it has been suggested that it will occur in 15 - 20 % of all people over a lifetime.
In every 12 months about 10% of the population experiences an episode of significant depression.
At this moment it is estimated that 121 million people are suffering from depression throughout the world.
The financial cost of depression has been placed at $43.
7 billion per year in the United States.
These costs come from missed work and less work done, treatment time off work and the treatment itself.
However the economic figures do little to describe the suffering caused by depression - suffering to both the individual and those who care about them.
Depression personal costs The personal costs of depression include the following:
The mind and body are intimately linked - what occurs in one will influence what is happening in the other.
Depression affects the following:
The altered appetite often experienced in depression may lead to obesity or malnutrition and serious weight loss.
Depression is associated with changes to hormones and therefore also other changes in the body.
The loss of interest in life and activity affects the willingness to think and pay attention to our surroundings and to a decrease in our exercise levels.
These also have physical consequences.
It can be seen that the financial, personal and physical costs of depression can be great.
If you have depression or you know someone who has do not be frightened by these costs - use them as incentive to seek assistance.
There is much that can be done to overcome depression.
If you suffer from mild to moderate depression Growers is able to assist you to overcome your depression.
The depressive illness can range from interfering with our usual activities and relationships (mild to moderate depression) to making it hard to relate or communicate with others or to do day-to-day tasks ( debilitating or severe depression).
Estimates of depression rates vary considerably but it has been suggested that it will occur in 15 - 20 % of all people over a lifetime.
In every 12 months about 10% of the population experiences an episode of significant depression.
At this moment it is estimated that 121 million people are suffering from depression throughout the world.
The financial cost of depression has been placed at $43.
7 billion per year in the United States.
These costs come from missed work and less work done, treatment time off work and the treatment itself.
However the economic figures do little to describe the suffering caused by depression - suffering to both the individual and those who care about them.
Depression personal costs The personal costs of depression include the following:
- loss of joy in living and pain experienced by someone with depression.
- loss of purpose and meaning in life and the sense of worth that go with these.
- diminished quality of relationships suffered both by the depressed person and those who care about them.
- anguish suffered by the family and friends if the depressed person self harms or suicides.
The mind and body are intimately linked - what occurs in one will influence what is happening in the other.
Depression affects the following:
- Immune system - depression changes the way your immune system responds to attack - it depletes the immune system and makes you more vulnerable to disease.
These diseases can range from infections to cancers. - Heart and circulatory system - people with depression are twice as likely to develop heart disease.
The risk is comparable to that of smoking. - Skeletal system - depression increases the risk of developing osteoporosis, although it is unclear how this link develops.
It may be associated with the altered appetite and low energy levels often experienced by those with depression. - Mind - depression can mimic dementia in terms of poor memory and concentration.
Depression also increases the risk of actually developing dementia.
Depression may lead to the degeneration and death of brain cells.
The altered appetite often experienced in depression may lead to obesity or malnutrition and serious weight loss.
Depression is associated with changes to hormones and therefore also other changes in the body.
The loss of interest in life and activity affects the willingness to think and pay attention to our surroundings and to a decrease in our exercise levels.
These also have physical consequences.
It can be seen that the financial, personal and physical costs of depression can be great.
If you have depression or you know someone who has do not be frightened by these costs - use them as incentive to seek assistance.
There is much that can be done to overcome depression.
If you suffer from mild to moderate depression Growers is able to assist you to overcome your depression.