"In one NIMH supported study, more than 40 percent of people with PTSD also had depression when evaluated at one month and four months following the traumatic event."
Depression Symptoms
Facts
In one NIMH supported study, more than 40 percent of people with PTSD also had depression when evaluated at one month and four months following the traumatic event.
Research has revealed that people with alcoholism are almost twice as likely as those without alcoholism to also suffer from major depression.
Approximately 80 percent of older adults with depression improve when they receive treatment with antidepressant medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both.
More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
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.