Sentences with phrase «deaths than depression»

Only two risk factors accounted for more cardiovascular deaths than depression: smoking (between 17 % and 20 %) and high blood pressure (between 30 % and 34 %).

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Examples include Ezzo's contention that placing an infant to sleep on his stomach is not a risk factor for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and his assertion that mothers who feed their infants more frequently than recommended by the «Babywise» schedule — renamed a «flexible routine» in the newest edition — will be plagued by «an abnormal hormonal condition» leading to post-partum depression.

Past psychological autopsy studies implicate depression in the majority of late - life suicides; however, when study participants were asked by psychiatrists about thoughts of death and suicide using a standard depression screening tool, elderly adults blamed factors other than depression 75 % of the time.

«We asked this population directly why they had thoughts of suicide and death, and what we found contradicted past study findings — the vast majority of participants said factors other than depression including illness, disability, pain, financial concerns, family problems and bereavement are driving these thoughts,» said Dr. Kennedy.

And the depression of some may be chronic rather than a reaction to the death.

«People with depression also are at higher risk for suicide, which accounts for more deaths than car accidents, natural disasters and war each year on average.

A number of factors were cross cultural, women were two times more likely to experience depression than men and a main contributing factor was loss of a partner, whether from separation, divorce or death.

This study found that individuals with the short allele (particularly those with the short / short genotype) were at greater risk for depression when exposed to life stressors such as divorce or the death of a loved one than were long / long individuals.

Despite the fact that women are more vulnerable to depression than men and that CVD is the leading cause of death of adult women in Australia, relatively little research has focused specifically on the relationship between depression and CVD in women.

Older men with substance use disorders are at greater risk for nonfatal attempts and for death by suicide than are younger persons.10, 11 Past suicide attempts are a strong risk factor for subsequent suicidal behaviors in those with substance use disorders.12 Depressed mood is a risk factor for suicidal behaviors in the general population and also predicts a greater likelihood of suicide in those with alcohol or drug use disorders.3, 6,10 The link between depression and suicidal behaviors in those with substance use disorders may be particularly strong given the high comorbidity between mood and substance use disorders.13 Although it has not been examined thoroughly, independent mood disorders and substance - induced mood disorders are likely to confer risk for suicide.

In fact, sleeping less than seven hours a night is associated with all kinds of health problems: weight gain and obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, depression — and a higher risk of early death, the researchers found.