India: World's Most Depressed Nation

In India the average age for depression is 31.9 years, whereas in the U.S. and China it is 22.7 years and 18.8 years respectively. An average age of depression that occurs in an individual in France is 28.4 years and in Germany it is 27.6 years.

One out of 10 people worldwide suffer from major depression and almost one out of five persons experience depression in a lifetime, informs the World Psychiatric Association.

Depressive symptoms start at a young age and could be persistent, without medical attention. The nation with high number of individuals inflicted with MDE were the ones earning higher income, is 28.1 percent, than with ones with low or middle income scale nations, is 19.8 percent. The members of WHO were called for a recent assembly to take effective measures to control depression.
 

Most severe depression can lead to suicide if one avoids medical care. In mild cases it can be treated without medication, with therapy. Whereas, in moderated and severe cases medical attention is needed as it declines the suicide rate.

Research has shown that depression is a more critical condition than asthma, diabetes and arthritis. People suffering from depression keep on suffering and it may prove fatal as it interferes with their day to day life, as one stops taking interest in work, studies, sleep and other activities, as said by Lancet study