{"id":34675,"date":"2024-09-13T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/depression-treatment-numbers-surge\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:12:00","slug":"depression-treatment-numbers-surge","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/depression-treatment-numbers-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression Treatment Numbers Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May of 2023, over 5,000 Americans were asked &ldquo;Do you currently have or are you currently being treated for depression?&quot; The study showed that around 24% of women in the U.S. reported currently having or being treated for depression, compared to 11% of men.<\/p>\n\n<p>These numbers have increased from a similar study in 2017, when 17.6% of women reported currently having or being treated for depression, compared to 9% of men. In six years, the total number of men and women having or being treated for depression increased from 13.5% (2017) to 17.8% (2023).<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 1 in 5 Americans suffer from a mental illness.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Anxiety disorders are the highest reported mental health issue in the U.S. with 42.5 million Americans claiming to suffer from this illness. (Mental Health America).<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Mental health crises account for 60 million visits to primary care and 6 million ER visits annually. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).<\/li>\n\n\t<li>More than 40,000 Americans die annually from suicide, which is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><em>Editor&rsquo;s Note: You can view many more mental health statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thezebra.com\/resources\/research\/mental-health-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1391260\/us-adults-currently-have-or-being-treated-for-depression-by-gender\/#statisticContainer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[410],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[433],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3762,3766,3856,3861,3931,4168,4181,4182,4227,4286,4445,4457,4873,5022,5105,5157],"tax_ctp_topics":[396,397],"class_list":["post-34675","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-depravity","tax_ctp_tags-despair","tax_ctp_tags-emotions","tax_ctp_tags-emptiness","tax_ctp_tags-failure","tax_ctp_tags-hopelessness","tax_ctp_tags-human-nature","tax_ctp_tags-human-need","tax_ctp_tags-imperfection","tax_ctp_tags-isolation","tax_ctp_tags-medical-care","tax_ctp_tags-mental-illness","tax_ctp_tags-sadness","tax_ctp_tags-sorrow","tax_ctp_tags-suicide","tax_ctp_tags-thoughts"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Depression Treatment Numbers Surge - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/depression-treatment-numbers-surge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Depression Treatment Numbers Surge - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In May of 2023, over 5,000 Americans were asked &ldquo;Do you currently have or are you currently being treated for depression?&quot; The study showed that around 24% of women in the U.S. reported currently having or being treated for depression, compared to 11% of men. 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