There is approximately one community based program for every 2,170 battered women and one shelter bed for every 160 battered women. It affects the way you live, the way you feel about yourself and the way you feel about other things around you. Depression is not a passing illness that will easily run its course and disappear. It is a disease that needs treatment. Without treatment, depression can affect a person for weeks, months and years.
Women have a higher risk of clinical depression than men.
Only about one-fifth of women with clinical depression will get the treatment they need. Untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide. There are many symptoms of depression. Some women experience more severe symptoms than others do. In women who want children, infertility can be a source of depression.