What is depression? Depression is a common and serious mood disorder. It’s more than just feeling down or sad in response to life’s struggles and setbacks. Depression causes people to lose pleasure from daily life, can increase the risk of many health problems, and can even be serious enough to trigger a suicide. The disease must be given more attention and treated as a global public health priority. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 7.6 percent of people over the age of 12 have depression in any 2-week period. Depression is also the second […]