Depression/Anxiety

• Anxiety affects 18.1% or 40 million adults in the U.S. every year
• Anxiety is very treatable but only approximately 36.9% of those struggling receive treatment.
• Worldwide, 322 million people live with depression.
• The most commonly diagnosed type of depression is Major Depressive Disorder, with around 16.1 million adults in the U.S. experiencing a depressive episode.
• Depression is the leading cause of disability among people between the ages of 15-44.

Anxiety and Depression are the most common mental illnesses in the U.S. It is not uncommon for someone with anxiety to also experience depression and vice versa. These illnesses can affect both men and women of any age, with any background. These illnesses are not signs of weakness, merely a small piece of the complexity of their whole selves. Research suggests people with anxiety are three to five times more likely to go to the doctor for physical problems and six times more likely to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders. Depression is much more than just being low and sad, its manifestations of a much more severe and persistent low mood. Both are very treatable with personalized treatment plans.