Depression and Anxiety Can Be Disabling
Depression is a state of mind that more that 17 million people suffer from every year. The person may experience feelings of sadness, inadequacy, and sometimes feelings of despair as they go through the day. Total costs for the treatment for depression and anxiety are more then $12 billion dollars annually.
All of this makes depression one of the more expensive mental illnesses to treat. And yet, it’s estimated that untreated instances of depression and anxiety cost about twice as much, or 25 billion dollars a year, in lost productivity of workers. And in many sufferers, the symptoms of these illnesses can be disabling and prevent them from performing their normal work functions.
In the medical field, depression is considered to be a mental disorder with serious consequences if the person does not get proper treatment for it.
