Most Americans know what depression is and believe there isn’t any shame in seeking treatment for the mental health illness, a new survey shows.

The public opinion poll, released to coincide with National Depression Screening Day, additionally revealed that their vote wouldn’t alter though they learned that the presidential candidate had been treated for depression.

National Depression Screening Day, an annual occasion by which colleges, community organizations and military installations offer free, anonymous mental health screenings, is intended to educate Americans regarding the signs or symptoms of depression and suicide, and treatment choices that are appropriate.

“These findings inform US that our attempts to reduce stigma and boost the people’s knowledge of melancholy through events like National Depression Screening Day are having an effect,” Dr. Douglas Jacobs, founder of the nonprofit Screening for Mental Health Inc., which ran the survey, said in an organization news release.

“The goal of the program would be to prepare people on the symptoms of depression, assess their risk for mood and anxiety disorders and join those in need with local treatment services,” said Jacobs, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

The telephone poll of 1,021 adults, conducted in September, found that 53 percent of Americans know someone who has been treated for depression and 72 percent said they’d also seek if they experienced symptoms of depression.

Of people who knew someone who melancholy changed, 76 percent said they’d seek help if they too developed symptoms of the illness. On the other hand, only 66 percent of these who did not know anyone who was depressed would do the same.

The researchers also found that 67 percent of Americans believe depression is normally treatable.