Medicine And Alcohol Misuse - Did You Know

Mental Health Information

Medicine And Alcohol Misuse - Did You Know

DID YOU KNOW...
Knox County Seniors Ages 60 + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,578
Seniors with Mental Illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,987
Seniors identified with Mental Illness. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,616
Seniors NOT being treated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,371
Senior Women Suffering from Depression. . . . . . . . . 3,547
Senior Men Suffering from Depression. . . . . . . . . . . .1,132
Total Seniors being treated for Depression. . . . . . . . .1,544
Total Seniors NOT being Treated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,524

DEPESSION and CO-OCCURRING MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Chronic medical conditions and mental illness, particularly depression, co-occur in startling numbers. Left untreated, the mental illness or the medical condition can complicate the course of treatment of the other illness!

• DEPRESSION occurs in 42% of Cancer patients
• DEPRESSION occurs in 26% of Cardiac patients
• DEPRESSION occurs in 33% of Diabetes patients
• DEPRESSION occurs in up to 60% of Dementia patients
• DEPRESSION occurs in up to 60% of Multiple Sclerosis patients
• DEPRESSION occurs in 40% of Parkinson’s Disease patients
• DEPRESSION occurs in 50% of Stroke patients