Understanding Depression As a Disease

Clinical depression is a serious, often fatal illness that is so normal that it’s challenging to distinguish. Researchers estimate that practically 20 percent of the population meets the criteria for some form of depression at any given time. And that doesn’t mean people who are briefly feeling the blues and will be better next week, but people who are having genuine difficulty functioning in life.

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