Major depression cases in America are climbing rapidly, according to a study of medical claims by the health insurance group Blue Cross Blue Shield. The report, titled “Major Depression: the Impact on Overall Health,” found that diagnoses of major depression swelled by 33 percent between 2013 and 2016, based on data from more than 41 million Blue Cross Blue Shield members. The total of commercially insured Americans suffering from major depression has topped 9 million, according to the research. Depression rates were highest among young people, leaping by 63 percent for teens and 47 percent for millennials. (Pew Research defines millennials as individuals born between 1981 and 1996.) The rates were also twice as high among women as men. “We are concerned that depression rates are continuing to accelerate, and we need to do more work to identify the underlying cause,” says Trent Haywood, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a federation of local Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. Read More....
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