Depression rates among US adults have skyrocketed in the last 10 years, a new survey reports. The increase comes as Surgeon_General Vivek Murthy declared an 'epidemic of loneliness and isolation' in the US earlier this month.
The increase comes as Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared an"epidemic of loneliness and isolation" in the United States earlier this month.According to Gallup, nearly 18% either have or are being treated for a recent case of depression, which is up 7 percentage points from 2015, when the analytics company first started tracking the data. The percentage of people who said they had a depression diagnosis is 29%, up nearly 10 points from 2015.
America's young people have taken the hardest hit in terms of loneliness and depression — something Murthy says is as deadly as smoking just under a pack of cigarettes a day. Young people also had a much higher chance of being single, which might exacerbate feelings of loneliness that could lead to depression.
Many more women than men reported having been diagnosed with depression, with nearly 37% reporting a diagnosis, compared to just over 20% of men. Since 2017, women experienced double the growth rate in depression diagnoses compared to men.
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