Rates of Depression Overstated?

That's the view of a Rutgers University sociologist, who says that some survey findings that 50 percent of the American populace suffers from depression are hogwash, little more than the result of survey artifact. I agree. The good news is that those claims are rare and most studies suggest that depression runs between 10 and 13 percent of the population. Fifty percent is little more than public health nut jobs run amok and looking to proclaim an epidemic so they can get more funding. Let's stick with what we can prove or no one will ever take mental health treatment seriously.