A new study suggests that being depressed can take as many years off your life as smoking.
Researchers poured over the death records and surveyed 60, 000 people. Over the four years of the study, the death rate appeared to be higher in those respondents who were considered depressed. The increase was roughly similar to the respondents considered to be smokers.
"Unlike smoking, we don't know how causal the association with depression is, but it does suggest that more attention should be paid to this link because the association persisted after adjusting for many other factors," lead researcher Dr. Robert Stewart, of Kings College London, said in a news release from the college.
But the underlying message to take home here is the connection between mental and physical health. Currently there is growing understanding of the relationship between mind and body but more studies are needed to explore all the nuances involved.
"The physical health of people with current or previous mental disorder needs a lot more attention than it gets at the moment," Stewart said.
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