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U.S. Depression Rates Reach New Highs
News.gallup ^ | 5/17/23 | Dan Witters

Posted on 05/20/2023 2:17:46 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

The percentage of U.S. adults who report having been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime has reached 29.0%, nearly 10 percentage points higher than in 2015. The percentage of Americans who currently have or are being treated for depression has also increased, to 17.8%, up about seven points over the same period. Both rates are the highest recorded by Gallup since it began measuring depression using the current form of data collection in 2015.

The most recent results, obtained Feb. 21-28, 2023, are based on 5,167 U.S. adults surveyed by web as part of the Gallup Panel, a probability-based panel of about 100,000 adults across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Respondents were asked, “Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have depression?” and “Do you currently have or are you currently being treated for depression?” Both metrics are part of the ongoing Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anxiety; chat; depression; mentalillness; suicides
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Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

or NIV...

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Proverbs 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

I wonder how high the depression rates among the entire US population was during Trump's Presidency or Reagan's?

Libs seem to live depressed no matter what though.

1 posted on 05/20/2023 2:17:46 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
well to answer my own question:


2 posted on 05/20/2023 2:19:29 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

3 posted on 05/20/2023 2:22:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Many depressed cause it looks so irreversible — the election theft seems to be permanent.


4 posted on 05/20/2023 2:22:50 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Our purchasing power is pretty depressed. 🤑


5 posted on 05/20/2023 2:23:08 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I separate depression into two very different types. (You can argue more)

Situational depression which is very understandable and normal to the situation. A parent/sibling/spouse/child/friend/loved one dies. You lose a job. Divorce. Something that you were very much looking forward to fails to happen. Finances to go hell in a handbasket. An acute situation that sucks, but life does go on and we do adapt.

Clinical depression which is much more complex in understanding it. Is there a root cause? Is it a imbalance of brain chemistry? A brain injury? This is still real, but less well understood.


6 posted on 05/20/2023 2:28:47 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: BBQToadRibs2

I would include health issues and accidents in your first grouping.


7 posted on 05/20/2023 2:36:40 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: vivenne

Completely agree.


8 posted on 05/20/2023 2:40:04 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: BBQToadRibs2

I like your analysis and it fits pretty good.

Most people at some point have had a situation depression that could have lasted weeks or months.


9 posted on 05/20/2023 2:46:39 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

bkmk


10 posted on 05/20/2023 3:07:02 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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Boy, that thought was right on my mind. Interesting thing is that everyone tries to attribute this massive uptick in depression as being directly related to the “Covid pandemic”. Most of it has little intersection with Covid and most of it is directly related to Biden and Democrats who have literally turned American society on its head. He puts mentally unstable people in cabinet positions, invites a transvestite the White House and celebrates that perversity. The list goes on and on with how Biden/Obama have pressed their evil upon us. Whether people recognize it or not, this is a direct source of cognitive dissonance evolving into personal depression.


11 posted on 05/20/2023 3:10:21 PM PDT by Obadiah
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GMTA!

He and his entire administration are a boil on good civilized people.


12 posted on 05/20/2023 3:13:57 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Well said. And there’s no use arguing because even the self-appointed experts keep shifting their conclusions. And their terms and sub-categories.

As the immortal bluesman Chester Arthur Burnett (Howlin’ Wolf) said: When you feel down, you feel depressed, what you have is the blues.


13 posted on 05/20/2023 3:17:42 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: George from New England
Many depressed cause it looks so irreversible — the election theft seems to be permanent.

And the thieves are heck bent on destroying civilization.

14 posted on 05/20/2023 3:18:41 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Not to say I believe in every word (plus I am not a Catholic) but the brilliant scholar Fr.Robert Spitzer, former President of Gonzaga University has written detailed books some of which consider types and causes of depression. This is a video of one summary (note: he is blind but writes nonfiction books of hundreds of pages with long rows of sources and footnotes).

On suffering and deep cycles of joy and despair. Says Satan tempts us and confuses us into blaming ourselves and feeling more sadness that we are not measuring up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOoJaJz0sFg

Some of his books.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fr.+robert+spitzer+books&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=2a


15 posted on 05/20/2023 3:34:35 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: George from New England

When I think about what is happening to my country, I get discouraged. But I don’t think I’ve ever been really depressed. Maybe for a bit as a teenager, but it was probably the hormones.


16 posted on 05/20/2023 3:34:37 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I don’t suffer from depression. I’m a carrier.


17 posted on 05/20/2023 3:54:56 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Trunp’s fault.


18 posted on 05/20/2023 4:39:46 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Who isn’t depressed with that cockroach in the white house? Even the lummox Fetterman had to be hospitalized for depression and he is below the stupid threshold for having any emotions.


19 posted on 05/20/2023 4:51:13 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: rktman

20 posted on 05/20/2023 5:05:32 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Dems loot & riot -called "protesting" by media. Repub's protest -called "looting & rioting" by media)
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