Posted on 06/16/2023 12:31:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A new report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that nearly 1 in 5 adults in the US have been diagnosed with depression — and the prevalence varies depending on where they live.
In 2020, 18.4% of US adults reported having ever been diagnosed with depression in their lifetime by a healthcare provider — with higher rates of depression in women, young adults aged 18-24 and adults with lower education levels. Researchers from the CDC and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education in Tennessee estimate on a state-by-state level range that it’s about 12.7% in Hawaii to 27.5% in West Virginia.
They looked at data from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to analyze how adults answered a 2020 survey about whether they’ve been diagnosed with a depressive disorder by a health professional — and nearly 400,000 respondents in all 50 states and Washington DC responded to the question on
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wonder if Faucci ever reads this news and wishes he would not have locked everything down and told them to crawl in a hole.
and nearly all of them are Democrats
when you refuse to acknowledge God, hate everyone who makes good choices and hate yourself for being whatever color you are, and really believe crazy shit like a pipeline in the artic is going to destroy the planet...
yeah.. you are going to be depressed.
Economic depression?
I’d say all Americans suffer from that.
...I find this news depressing...
democRATS... right???
We live in an exceedingly depressing society, being in the middle of the socialist ‘demoralization’ process and all. I’m surprised it’s only 20%.
Does this include people diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder (sometimes called Situational Depression)? If so, then everybody has had a stressor in his life to make him depressed for a while (i.e. death of a loved one, Dims raise my taxes, an offspring reveals he’s a closet Auburn fan).
Lol. Shrinks find something wrong that needs to be “treated”” on EVERYONE! Have difficulty with math? Drugs for you! Drink too much coffee? ECT for you! Disagree with a shrink’s diagnosis? Involuntary incarceration for you! Have trouble studying? Amphetamines for you! (Those are actually listed as disorders in the scam book DSM-IV.)
Psychiatry is total BS. They’ve even diagnosed Jesus Christ as mentally ill. See a shrink at your own peril.
All kidding aside this is a serious condition that can lead to major life trauma ... please help him/her seek help.
.... and do it today
friends don't let friends be .... you know
I don’t believe that 20% of Americans have had a mental health evaluation at all.
Sounds like pharma backed study for pushing SSRIs/anti depressants.
“In other news, the study found the other 80% weren’t paying attention.”
Now that right there is funny Nick! LOL
The only thing I did differently is having to wear a mask for my doctor and dentist visits. Other than that, nothing changed in my life.
A new report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... stop there.
They are lying.
“Closet Auburn fan.”
Good one:) That news would depress anyone.
Narcissists never think they’re wrong.
That's about what I came in to type, but you probably said it more concisely than I would have.
Life has its disappointments and hardships for everyone. Modern Americans are not equipped to cope with them as our ancestors did. We are conditioned to believe that we have a disease called “depression “ and we go to a shrink to get a pill.
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