Mental Health Index
Percentage of families of depressed patients manifesting
significant family dysfunction: 50-75%
Proportion of families that continue to have significant
dysfunction even after recovery of depressed member: 40-50%
Strongest predicator of relapse among depressed patients from
dysfunctional families: Amount of perceived criticism
Percentage of depressed women who report marital difficulties:
50%
Lifetime prevalence of major depression, for women: 7%
Direct workplace cost of depression in terms of time lost per year:
Over 172 million days
Assuming treatment, amount of time it takes for recovery of work
function: 4 to 6 months.
Difference in long-term symptomatic effectiveness between drug
therapy and cognitive psychotherapy: None
Increase in average relative risk of major depression in each
successively younger generation born since 1935, in the U.S.: 1.9
Increase in average relative risk of major depression in each
successively younger generation born since 1935, in Florence, Italy:
2.6
Increase in average relative risk of major depression in each
successively younger generation born since 1935, in Christchurch, New
Zealand: 1.3
Age at which a Parisian born before 1925 acquires a one-in-ten risk
of developing major depression: 55
Age at which a Parisian born since 1955 acquires a one-in-ten risk
of developing major depression: Under 25
Percentage of depression patients who recovered following 16 weeks
of drug or psychotherapy and remained well during 18 months of follow-up:
24%
Rate of depression relapse for recovering patients: 33% to
50%
Two-year incidence rate of major depression in the offspring of
depressed parents: 8.5%
Mean time to recovery for offspring of depressed parents exposed to
a divorce in the family, in weeks: 66.7
Mean time to recovery for offspring of depressed parents not
exposed to divorce, in weeks: 29
Two-year relapse rate of depressed patients treated by medication:
50%
Two-year relapse rate of depressed patients treated by cognitive
therapy: 21%
PHOTO: (BLACK BOX/INDEX)
Sources: Ivan W. Miller et al., Journal of Abnormal Psychology
(Vol. 101, No. 4); Jim Mintz, Ph.D., et al., Archives of Genreal
Psychiatry (Vol. 49, No. 10); Cross National Collaborotive Group, JAMA
(Vol 268, No. 21).
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