Depression and Disability Linked
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10/25/2005 9:08:49 AM
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Northwestern University study
has linked disability and depression in older sufferers of thedisease. The study, focusing on adults ages 54-65, highlightedthe effects that depression can have beyond its own devastatingsymptoms. Authors of the study said: "Public health and/or publicpolicy programs that promote prevention and effective treatment ofdepression, chronic conditions and functional impairments among adultsmay prevent the development of activities of daily living disability,interrupting a costly spiral of health decline."
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Anxiety
Depression
Drug Abuse
Sexual Addiction
Eating Disorders
Mania
Schizophrenia
Alzheimer's Disease
ADHD
Dyslexia
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