ABSTRACT - National Comorbidity Study finds that more than half of Americans who suffer from depression now seek treatment, up from one-third ten years ago, but nearly 60 percent of those in treatment do not receive adequate care; report sponsored by National Institutes of Health finds that more than 16 percent of Americans suffer from depression severe enough to warrant treatment at some time in their lives; second survey also reported in AMA Journal's special issue on subject finds that depression costs employers $44 billion a year in lost productive time, mostly while people are at work; Dr Walter F Stewart explains; Dr Ronald Kessler calls for more aggressive treatment by family doctors; women are at higher risk; blacks are forty percent less likely to experience depression than Hispanics or whites (M) More than half of the Americans who suffer from depression now seek treatment, up from one-third 10 years ago, a new survey says. Yet nearly 60 percent of the people in treatment do not receive adequate care, the researchers found.

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