| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) revealed today that 3.5 percent of its members in the commercial (fully and self-insured) markets who live in New Jersey have been diagnosed with major depression and that women are twice as likely as men to have been diagnosed with the condition. Horizon BCBSNJ’s study was released at the same time that the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) issued a nationwide study, “Major Depression: The Impact on Overall Health”,( https://www.bcbs.com/the-health-of-america/reports/major-depression-the-impact-overall-healthhttps://www.bcbs.com/the-health-of-america/reports/major-depression-the-impact-overall-health opens a dialog window) examining how major depression is linked to other chronic health conditions. That study revealed major depression has a diagnosis rate of 4.4 percent nationwide, affecting more than 9 million commercially insured Americans. ... |