Sales of many natural ingredients for anxiety and depression posted upswings over the past year, even as consumers pinched pennies
BHNC| The worst recession in 70 years has meant soaring unemployment rates and plummeting moods. "Anxiety and depression seem to be a little more common in terms of what I've seen in the past six to 12 months," says Michael Smith, ND, a naturopathic physician at Carolinas Natural Health Center in Matthews, N.C. "It's easy enough to equate it with what's happening in the economy."
BHNC| The worst recession in 70 years has meant soaring unemployment rates and plummeting moods. "Anxiety and depression seem to be a little more common in terms of what I've seen in the past six to 12 months," says Michael Smith, ND, a naturopathic physician at Carolinas Natural Health Center in Matthews, N.C. "It's easy enough to equate it with what's happening in the economy."
Roughly 14.8 million people-nearly 7 percent of the adult American population-suffer from a major depressive disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health. Even more U.S. adults-approximately 40 million-report anxiety disorders in any given year. A good percentage of these people don't find relief through conventional medicine. Although Chicago-based research company Mintel reports that prescription depression medications continue to dominate the pharmaceuticals market with $12.9 million in 2007 sales (and anxiety meds not too far behind with $9.8 million in sales), researchers question whether many of these drugs are effective. The authors of a 2005 study published in Archives of General Psychiatry looked at 240 patients suffering from moderate to severe depression and found that half of study participants didn't respond to conventional antidepressants. A recent Mintel study also found that 38 percent of respondents suffering from general anxiety turned to treatments other than prescription medications.Read More
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