Rest, warm liquids, saltwater gargles, and over-the-counter pain relievers can help soothe the pain of a sore throat at home. Strep throat and other bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics. Your doctor can use a swab test to find out if you have strep.
Depression affects approximately 19 million Americans, or 9.5% of the population in any given one-year period. At some point in their lives, 10%-25% of women and 5%-12% of men will likely become clinically depressed. In fact, it affects so many people that it is often referred to as the common cold of mental illness. It is estimated that depression exacts an economic cost of over $30 billion each year, but the cost of human suffering cannot be measured.
In any given one-year period, 13 million to 14 million people, about 6.6 percent of the nation, experience the illness. The numbers are similar to those found in the first survey 10 years ago. At that time, the lifetime prevalence of depression was measured at nearly 15 percent and the one-year figure at 8.6 percent.