7 Common Myths About Depression
By Therese Borchard
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an illustration of a girl standing amongst peopleAccording to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 15.7 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2014. That’s 6.7 percent of all US adults. And yet we have a far way to go in reducing the stigma associated with the illness. For example, results pulled from a public attitude survey in Tarrant County, Texas, conducted by the county’s Mental Health Connection and the University of North Texas in Denton indicated that 50 percent of people believe major depression might result from people “expecting too much from life,†and more than 60 percent said an effective treatment for depression is to “pull yourself together.†Pervasive myths and ignorance surrounding depression make it that much harder for people suffering from the illness to recover. Here are some common myths about depression and an attempt to debunk them.
https://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/therese-borchard-sanity-break/7-common-myths-about-depression/
