Ansseau M
Université de Liège, Service de Psychiatre et de Psychologie Medicale, CHU, Sart Tilman.
Rev Med Liege. 1998 May;53(5):308-10.
Depression is a very frequent illness with a lifetime prevalence of 33.6% in the population of the Province of Liege. In addition to the marked personal and family suffering which is associated, depression is responsible for important socio-economic costs evaluated to more than 40 billions Belgian francs per year in Belgium, what makes it the most expensive illness after cardio-vascular disorders. Depressive illness is associated to particularly high indirect costs, depending on sick leaves, loss of productivity and suicide. These indirect costs are about 6 times more important than direct costs resulting from the treatment of the illness. Depressive illness remains unsatisfactorily treated and the use of available therapeutical methods should be optimized.
抑郁症是一种非常常见的疾病，在列日省人口中的终生患病率为33.6%。除了与之相关的明显个人和家庭痛苦外，抑郁症还造成了巨大的社会经济成本，在比利时每年估计超过400亿比利时法郎，这使其成为仅次于心血管疾病的最昂贵疾病。抑郁症与特别高的间接成本相关，这取决于病假、生产力损失和自杀。这些间接成本比疾病治疗产生的直接成本重要约6倍。抑郁症的治疗仍不尽人意，应优化现有治疗方法的使用。
