Depression And Anxiety Research Paper

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Depression and Anxiety: How are they alike? How are they different?

Over 800,000 people commit suicide each year, there are many more who attempt suicide but do not succeed. The definition of depression is feeling severe despondency, dejection, and rejection. Anxiety Disorders affect approximately 40 million adults, that equals out to about 18.1 percent of people between the ages of 18 to 54 in the United States. However most of the time depression and anxiety go hand in hand with each other. First, I am going to talk about depression and how it has an affect on the death rate each year. Several million people experience suicide each year. Rather it be them attempting suicide themselves or them having be affected by a friend or family member

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