As most of you know, I began my site on Attention Deficit Disorder in 1995. I also have my own personal battles with depression that stem from a father who felt that verbal abuse and humilation would cure my weight problems, even at 40 years old, an 8 year relationship wrought with domestic violence, verbal and mental abuse as well as the challenges of having an ADHD child. Depression is an illness that affects the entire body, not just the mind. Depression is an illness that one in five people will suffer during their lifetime.
Depression is the leading cause of alcoholism, drug abuse and other addictions.
Depression is an illness that can be successfully treated in more than eighty percent of the people who have it. Women, however, suffer from depression twice as much as men do. At least half of the people suffering from depression do not get proper treatment. Untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide. Depression is second only to heart disease in causing lost work days in America.