Depression remains one of the most widespread diseases in human beings. This condition is termed as severe and at times can be chronic. According to Monroe and Harkness (2012), depression affects about 20% of the entire United States’ population and globally. Men are the least affected gender with only 1/3 more likely to fall a victim as compared to women. This disorder is familial. About twenty percent of American adults suffer from this condition one time in their lifetime, and over 17 million Americans are affected yearly. Many pieces of literature indicate that hundreds of thousands of medicines are prescribed annually in the treatment of depression (Raison & Miller, 2011). Depression subsists on a continuum. However, major depression remains rather common. It is estimated that lifetime prevalence rates of depression range from 5.2-17.1 percent with higher rates being in young adults as well as among low socioeconomic peoples. With regard to Fertile Ground Theory, depression ought to have a physical or hereditary susceptibility that causes the mood-regulatory system to………

Depression Background Information