By: Peggy Cunningham, MA, NCC, LPC
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that
1 in 10 adult in the United States suffers from Depression. In the state of Missouri it is estimated that
between 9.2% and 10.3% of the adult population suffers from depression. This means that everyday in our workplaces, at the
grocery store, in our neighborhood, or places of worship we see the face of
depression. Sometimes it is the elderly
grandmother, sometimes it is the urban professional, other times it is the
factory work, the medical technician, the high school football player or the
third grade student who appears to be a book worm. The faces and lives of those
suffering from depression surround us.