When someone experiences a second depression episode, the probability of suffering a third one is 80-90%.
  
With an increase in episodes, symptom-free intervals shorten and the response to antidepressants may be diminished. The quality of life decreases with each new episode.
  
The W.H.O believes that, by 2020, depression will be the second cause of death, second only to cardiovascular disease.
  
Pre-schoolers are the fastest-growing market for antidepressants in the United States. At least four percent of preschoolers, that is, close to a million, are clinically depressed in that country.
  
The growth rate of depression in children is 23%
  
15% of the population in developed countries suffres from severe depression.
  
30% of women are depressed.
  
54% of people think depression is a personal weakness.
  
41% of women are ashamed of seeking help.
  
80% of depressed people do not receive any treatment.
   
15% of depressed people commit suicide.