Smoking Increases Depression In Australian Women - Study
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry says that women who smoke are at greater risk of developing major depressive disorder. Australian researchers from the University of Melbourne and Geelng's Barwon Health assessed a group of 1043 Australian women, whose health had been monitored for a decade as part of the Geelong Osteoporosis Study. On their ten year follow up participants were given an additional test of a psychiatric assessment. Results revealed that women with depression were more likely to have been smokers than those without depression. Compared with non-smokers, the likelihood for developing depression more than doubled for heavy smokers (those who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day). Read More...
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