Lifetime risk of depression: restricted to a minority or waiting for most?

• Depression remits and recurs, but among what proportion of the population? Retrospective surveys report the lifetime risk to be around 10%. A modelling study and two prospective studies concur that close to half the population can expect one or more episodes of depression in their lifetime.

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Adolescent

Age Factors

Aged

80 and over

Cross-Sectional Studies

Depressive Disorder

epidemiology

therapy

Humans

Prospective Studies

Recurrence

Risk Factors

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