7% of all adults suffer from major depression.  That’s one finding from a new major study on the subject of depression.

Other findings:

• Major depression often retreats only after patients have tried multiple drugs, and a large minority still have disabling symptoms even after using many medications.
• Two-thirds of depressed patients became depression-free after trying up to four different combinations of drugs or therapy.

In other words, if you are depressed and a doctor throws pills at you, it probably won’t cure depression, just make it less of a problem.  You probably need some therapy as well.