The disease, in its most serious form, affects five percent of Americans, Perkins said. Theta's social action chair.
Depression is a medical disease and it's treatable.
There's nothing wrong with you if you're depressed. Perkins described three variations of depression during the talk, held to coincide with National Clinical Depression Screening Day. The first type is generally a sense of sadness or disappointment caused by life events, he said. Depression is a medical disease and it's treatable. There's nothing wrong with you if you're depressed.