How long-term depression alters the brain
Published Monday 5 March 2018
By Maria Cohut
Fact checked by Jasmin Collier
Depression has become a common mental health problem. For some, this condition lingers for many years, and scientists now strive to understand how that might affect the brain, and how treatments should be adjusted to address these changes.
When depression doesn't loosen its grip for a decade, how does it impact the brain?
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), across the United States, 8.1 percent of people over the age of 20 have depression over any given 2-week period.
For some people, depression might only be episodic and overcome within a matter of weeks or months.
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