A community mental-health team is checking an information sheet about clinical depression before distributing it. A draft statement in the sheet says:
“Women are diagnosed with depression more often than men, and reported rates peak in mid-adulthood, so depression is rare in men and in young people. Because half of those who complete therapy recover, relapse is uncommon. Survey and NHS figures show exactly how common depression is in everyone.”
Evaluate the draft statement. Use your knowledge of the key statistics of clinical depression in your answer.
144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.