Depression Forum

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THE NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY RESULTS (February 2003 to March 2004)

The survey results showed that the population weighted lifetime and recent prevalence of depression in adults was 5.6% and 4.9% respectively, whilst the population weighted lifetime and recent prevalence of anxiety in adults was 3.4% and 2.3% respectively. The prevalence of depression and dementia in elderly aged 60 years and above was 3.1% and 5.2% respectively.

(The Straits Times, 30 Sep 2004)
This means approximately 224,000 Singaporean aged 59 and below and 124,000 aged 60 and above will be hit by depression at some point in their life.

Depression affects so many people that the vast majority of us have known or will know a person in the family, at work or in our circle of friends, who will develop depression! Depression therefore concerns us all.

In this section you can get information about depression and the symptoms which accompany it. You can read about what triggers depression and about the different types of depression, as well as how doctors distinguish between them.

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill