{"title":"Gallup poll: Estimated 47.8 million U.S. adults have depression","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34584","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The percentage of U.S. adults who report currently having or being treated for depression has exceeded 18% in both 2024 and 2025, up about eight percentage points since the initial measurement in 2015, according to new Gallup research. The current rate of 18.3% measured so far in 2025 projects to an estimated 47.8 million Americans suffering from depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 35","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mental Health Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhw.34584","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The percentage of U.S. adults who report currently having or being treated for depression has exceeded 18% in both 2024 and 2025, up about eight percentage points since the initial measurement in 2015, according to new Gallup research. The current rate of 18.3% measured so far in 2025 projects to an estimated 47.8 million Americans suffering from depression.