Depression Depression E very year more than 17 million American suffer from clinical depression. Y et this suffering is unnecessary.
Clinical depression is a very treatable illness.
C linical depression often goes untreated because people don't recognize the many symptoms. They may know some symptoms, such as sadness and withdrawal, but they are unaware of others, including anxiety, changes in eating and sleeping habits, and irritability. D epression is not grief - It is normal to feel sadness after the death of a friend or family member. Indeed, most of us experience great sadness at times in our lives, perhaps from a divorce, moving away from family and friends, losing a job, even losing our good health due to illness. But, most people cope with these losses without becoming clinically depressed.