To add on to that, it's more than just looking at the full blown clinically depressed or severely suicidal who score the 20+ or 30+ on the depression scale.
In my opinion, far more devastating from a societaly perspective are the much larger chunk of people are "mildly depressed" and score the 7-20 range, but appear for the most part normal and "fine", and go through the motions in life and grind it out, but aren't really "happy" or fulfilled.
This mildly depressed group is where so much potential is at risk. As just an example in career, they have a job versus just being a hermit. But they hate their job, call in sick more frequently even if they aren't sick, or zone out and don't care to get ahead; and their future, their family and career is currently at risk because they aren't feeling well and don't know how to stop feeling the nothingness.
This is the group that could more easily work their way back to "symptom free", and has a lot to gain (or a lot to lose) in that moment in time in getting their mental health back on the right track; versus the shut-in who's gonna need a lot of help just to face the day and has the much longer path ahead.
Even those that are generally "normal" and score 1-7 still could take some tips to get rid of a point or two.
Just about everyone could benefit from some tips or techniques and education on mental health, just like everyone could use a basic education on financial matters.
In my opinion, far more devastating from a societaly perspective are the much larger chunk of people are "mildly depressed" and score the 7-20 range, but appear for the most part normal and "fine", and go through the motions in life and grind it out, but aren't really "happy" or fulfilled.
This mildly depressed group is where so much potential is at risk. As just an example in career, they have a job versus just being a hermit. But they hate their job, call in sick more frequently even if they aren't sick, or zone out and don't care to get ahead; and their future, their family and career is currently at risk because they aren't feeling well and don't know how to stop feeling the nothingness.
This is the group that could more easily work their way back to "symptom free", and has a lot to gain (or a lot to lose) in that moment in time in getting their mental health back on the right track; versus the shut-in who's gonna need a lot of help just to face the day and has the much longer path ahead.
Even those that are generally "normal" and score 1-7 still could take some tips to get rid of a point or two.
Just about everyone could benefit from some tips or techniques and education on mental health, just like everyone could use a basic education on financial matters.
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