Figures suggest one in five adults in Britain are experiencing depressive symptoms.
Twice as many adults in Britain are reporting symptoms of depression now compared with this time last year, Office for National Statistics figures suggest.
People were asked to consider the previous two weeks and say how often they had experienced a range of symptoms, including changes in sleep or appetite, a loss of interest and pleasure in doing things, and difficulty concentrating. While the measure of depression used is a well-known screening questionnaire though, Prof Elaine Fox at the University of Oxford, said:"It is important to remember that this does not give a diagnosis but rather an indication of everyday depressive feelings and behaviours".But 13% of people surveyed had newly developed symptoms of"moderate to severe" depression over the survey period.
Of those surveyed who were experiencing some level of depression, people reported feeling most bothered by feelings of stress or anxiety.
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