I have the confidence to succeed. I look forward to each day. With the help of medication and psychotherapy, my depression has lifted. It's important not to stigmatize mental illness. If you do, people will hide and not get the treatment that's available.
Mental illness is just another illness.
Women are twice as likely as men to experience mood disorders such as depression in their lives. One in four women, as opposed to one in eight men, is likely to experience depression at some point in her life. Psychiatrists believe that a depression diagnosis is missed in up to two-third of affected patients. An estimated 15 percent of people hospitalized for depression eventually take their own lives. Nearly all older adults who committed suicide suffered from major depression.