The Alarming Truth About Depression: What Now?

Depression is rampant. It is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States (Major Depression, 2022). In 2022, about 50 million American adults suffer from a mental illness with 3.7 million more American youths (ages 12-17) suffering from at least one major depressive episode (Reinert, M., Nguyen, T., Fritze, D., 2021). That’s about …