Stress Management Key for Depressed Women in Addiction Treatment Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentMay 21, 2020Mental health professionals and researchers are well aware that depression and substance problems often appear together and cause worse problems for the individual than when they appear on their own. Researchers have long been trying to explain the connection between depression and stress in women who are affected by substance abuse problems. These researchers concluded…
Women More Vulnerable to Depression After Heart Attack Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentMay 21, 2020About 18 percent of patients who suffer a heart attack develop major depressive disorder in the year after the attack. Now, new research suggests that women are more vulnerable to depression as well as anxiety after a heart attack. Depression is a major predictor of quality of life, overall disability, and even survival following a heart…