Knowledge of depression

Depression is a widespread disease and approximately 9% of the population will develop depression at some point in their life. This means that approximately 2.3 million people in Malaysia will be hit by depression at some point in their life.

Depression affects so many people that the vast majority of us have known or will know a person in the family, at work or in our circle of friends, who will develop depression! Depression therefore concerns us all.

In this section you can get information about depression and the symptoms which accompany it. You can read about what triggers depression and about the different types of depression, as well as how doctors distinguish between them.