Depression is a very tough phase in anyone’s life. However, it can be treated if you get help in time, you can relieve the affects of depression through proper counseling. Sometimes, doctors will prescribe medication. If you follow the medication and treatment properly, it will help to eliminate depression. Opening a dialogue with your doctor is an important first step in getting your depression properly treated.

1) In some people depression may be caused by omega-3 deficiency which results from not eating enough nuts, seeds, whole grains or fish. Women with the lowest blood levels of omega 3's are the ones most likely to suffer postpartum depression.

2) Scary facts about depression.. Statistical evidence shows that more than seven out of ten suicides are by people affected by depression. As many as three in four cases of depression are neither recognized nor treated, that's the ugly truth.

3) Depression is more than simple unhappiness. Clinical depression or "major depression" is a "mood disorder" that is a significant mental health problem.

4) Major depression can occur in 10 to 25 per cent of women and almost twice as many as men. Many hormonal factors may contribute to the increased rate of depression in women particularly during times such as menstrual cycle changes, pregnancy, pre-menopause and menopause.

5) Men with depression typically have a higher rate of feeling irritable and discouraged. This can make it much harder to recognize depression in men. The rate of completed suicide in men is four times that of women though more women attempt it. Scary but true..

Depression is a mood disorder characterized by a range of symptoms and many of us suffer mild to moderate depression for a variety of reasons and all of us have experienced a form of depression at some time in our lives. It can accompany loss, stress, loss of pleasure, feelings of worthlessness, suicidal thoughts fear, disappointment and other emotional dynamics that are a part of our life situation.