Facts and Figures

Once referred to as depression, scientists are not trying to show the relevance of the problem: "plague of XIX Century", "XXI century - the age of depression, cancer XXI Century", "age of melancholy," and this is only a few definitions. Doctors believe that by 2020 disability because of depression goes to second place among other diseases, giving first place only cardiovascular disease. The reason for such gloomy predictions provide data of numerous scientific and statistical studies showing that:

Every five people in highly developed countries with high levels of life suffers from depression.

About 15% of cases of latent depression sheltering under the guise of bodily ailments.

Likelihood of falling ill from depression 2-4 times higher for single people than for married and having communication and support from co-workers, friends and relatives because the violation of interpersonal relations plays an important role in the development of depression.

Divorced risk of falling ill from depression is 5 times more likely than people who do not have problems in the relationship with their spouse. The reason for this - the stress accompanying the process of parting the once close to people, especially when one of them to do so was not ready.

Depression each year younger - if the earlier depression cases aged 30-40 years, but now the peak of the development of the disease occur in older age.

Prevalence of depression among women (20-25%) is significantly higher than among men (4-10%), with one single year, depressive disorders are developing at 9.5% of women and 5.8% of men that leads include representatives of the beautiful floor to the category risk. It is believed that the peak of women's depression is in age from 30 to 40 years. Disappointed by the fact that, in the absence of adequate support from women, depression can become a chronic condition and darken the remainder of his life "owner". His contribution to the development of depression among women are making as biological factors related to changes in hormonal background (pregnancy, menopause) and the many psychological and social factors.