• 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.
• In 2002, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young males, age 15 to 24.
• Twenty to 40 percent of adolescents with major depression go on to reveal bipolar disorder within five years after the onset of depression.
• Although available therapies alleviate symptoms in over 80 percent of those treated, less than half of people with depression get the help they need.
• Research has revealed that people with alcoholism are almost twice as likely as those without alcoholism to also suffer from major depression.

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.