Not exact matches
The misfortunes they face can come in many forms — from mugging to job loss to the
death of a loved one — and the stress involved often leads to
anxiety, depression and other illnesses, according to the
study, released April 8 in PLoS ONE, an open access, peer - reviewed journal.
Suffering from
anxiety or depression could carry an increased risk of
death from liver disease, a
study suggests.
Working with Dr. Jonathan Cole until his
death, Dr. Bodkin has long pursued the
study of new and old medications for depression and
anxiety.
Depression — which for this
study, was determined by a checklist of mood symptoms, including
anxiety and fatigue — accounted for about 15 % of cardiovascular and coronary heart disease
deaths, and high cholesterol and obesity for 8 % to 21 %.
According to a new
study published today in the British Medical Journal, even mild symptoms of depression and
anxiety that would generally escape a doctor's attention are associated with a higher risk of premature
death.
The
study utilized a measure for cumulative traumas that is based on the DBTF and measures of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cumulative trauma related disorders (CTD), depression,
anxiety, collective annihilation
anxiety (AA), identity salience, and fear of
death.
In one of the first
studies to examine
death anxiety directly, cognitive - behaviour therapy (CBT), was found to be successful in treating it in those suffering from hypochondria.