• Substantial evidence from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical investigation shows that depressive illnesses are disorders of the brain.
• Before puberty, boys and girls are equally likely to develop depressive disorders, but after age 14, females are twice as likely as males to have major depression or dysthymia.
• An NIMH sponsored study of 9 to 17 year olds estimates that the prevalence of any depressive disorder is more than 6 percent in a six month period, with almost 5 percent having major depression.
• More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
• Depression has been found to occur at a higher rate among people who have other serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, HIV, diabetes, and Parkinsons.

tequilaanddonuts posted a photo:

I made it about eight feet from my door before I ran out of pics. Gotta get a memory stick or I'll lose all my contacts. WOW look at all those pixels.