Around 30000 individuals commit suicide per year, in America. And a large portion of them are suffering from depression. And the effect of this depression is not limited to suicide, it has much further effect. This depression causes a loss of productivity of around 50 billion dollars. And it’s needless to say the adverse impacts that this depression has on the patient, physically and mentally, as well as his/her family. For example, a heart patient has a 4-6 times higher chances of death, if he is suffering from depression alongside.
It’s not like he is depressed because of heart disease which could be an outcome of improper diet, lack of exercise or smoking! Depression itself is a an acting agent for the heart disease. Not only heart disease, but other diseases like- cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and osteoporosis, where the patients lose their ability to move or dies, are also sped up due to this depression.
A national seminar held in Washington DC, USA, attended by all the best doctors, specialists and researchers- concluded a similar result. They all linked depression with various diseases including cancer, AIDS, heart disease, diabetes and a lot others. And of course, they all agreed on one point, that if the depression is cured, many of the diseases would disappear with it.
But the point is what is the best way to get rid of depression? No matter how many types of treatment there are, whether drugs or shock therapy, the most fruitful of them all was discovered to be meditation. And that isn't just a statement anymore, it's a proven truth.