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Article: SA: Asthma sufferers endure anxiety, depression, conference told
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- April 9, 2003
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SA: Asthma sufferers endure anxiety, depression, conference told
ADELAIDE, April 9 AAP - People with asthma suffered increased behavioural
problems,
anxiety and depression, a conference was told today.
The psychological distress often resulted from poor medication
management, the Thoracic
Society of Australia and New Zealand annual scientific meeting heard.
Christopher Barton of Monash University's department of epidemiology
and preventive
medicine told the meeting anxiety and depression could affect between
30 and 50 per cent
of ...