Three choices were allowed. National and International Religion Report , Jan 1, 1992. Today's young women are more likely to become depressed than their mothers were and at a younger age. Dr. Gerald Klerwan, in Homemade , December. Depression strikes about 10 million Americans within any six- month period.
Human therapists can now treat only a fraction of that number.
But a study shows that by using computers, more of these persons might be helped. In the American Journal of Psychiatry , researcher John Greist presented a study showing that depressed people treated by computerized questions and answers improved just as much as those consulted under a human therapist.