On: Exercise as a treatment for depression: a meta-analysis (2016)

[lifeformed]

How common is depression? It feels like in every depression thread every single comment is someone's experience with it.

[sdinsn → lifeformed]

Estimates range from 5% - 15% per year of people experiencing depression. It's a hard thing to measure since most people hide it.

[your-nanny → lifeformed]

about sixteen percent of people experience one bout of major depression