• Twenty to 40 percent of adolescents with major depression go on to reveal bipolar disorder within five years after the onset of depression.
• NIMH-sponsored studies estimate that 6 percent of 9- to 17-year-olds in the United States and almost 10 percent of American adults, or about 19 million people age 18 and older, experience some form of depression every year.
• A study supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that CBT led to remission in nearly 65 percent of cases, a higher rate than either supportive therapy or family therapy.
• Although available therapies alleviate symptoms in over 80 percent of those treated, less than half of people with depression get the help they need.
• Genetics research indicates that risk for depression results from the influence of multiple genes acting together with environmental or other nongenetic factors.

MyLastSigh posted a photo:

I woke up twice in the middle of the night; at 2 and at 4. My chest felt constricted, as if there was a towel inside me being twisted and twisted tight. My heart is fine. It seems I had an anxiety attack. But it was rather frightening.