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Article: New report issues latest findings on women's mental health.
- Article from:
- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- May 13, 2002
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2002 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 19 million Americans suffer from depression yearly and women are twice as likely as men to experience a major depressive episode.
Depression may occur at any age during a woman's life, with certain events like puberty, pregnancy, perimenopause, trauma, substance abuse and quality of relationships increasing the risk, according to the leading authorities on the etiologies and treatments for depression.
Furthermore, depression can occur among women from all educational, economic and racial and ethnic groups and the consequences can include an increased risk of suicide, morbidity from medical illness and ...