A patient manifests symptoms of loss of appetite, dramatic weight loss, body pains, and intense lethargy. Is it a severe infection? Is it cancer? Is it depression? Is there a difference?
Medically, yes. But in the way that the general populace thinks of these three conditions, there shouldn’t be. They are all severe diseases that respectively affect millions of people worldwide. And if you believe that depression is “all in your head,” then it may be surprising to hear that the cost of depression is $210 billion dollars per year in America alone, rivaling that of cancer and heart disease. Get that in your head.
Preachy facts aside, we can all agree it's time to start looking at these diseases the same way. So why is so little known about it? Likely because, mental-health education is introduced much later in one’s life.
[For more of this story, written by Rohan Batlanki, go to http://www.dailytexanonline.co...ng-at-an-earlier-age]
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