Rich and Poor Depression

I watched a documentary recently that talked about how your name can effects your future. As you can guess it didnt play a huge impact, but rather it was more as to where you grew up. We have many people come into equine courses and horse therapy who not only struggle with an addiction, but also heavy depression. Much of their depression comes from money problems. This article below is just a couple of the many factors that studies have found that go into rich and poor and how it effects their depression. Check it out...

"Depression in Urban Vs. Rural Areas

According to a 1999 National Health Survey:

• The prevalence of major depression was significantly higher among rural (6.11%) than among urban (5.16%) populations (p = 0.0171). Among rural residents, the prevalence of depression did not vary significantly with race/ethnicity.
• The increased prevalence of depression among rural individuals does not appear to be a result of rural residence itself, as place of residence was not significant in multivariate analyses that controlled for other characteristics of the individual. Rather, the rural population contains a higher proportion of persons whose characteristics, such as poor health, place them at high risk for depression.

Genetic Risk Factors for Depression

Statistics show that the children of parents who suffer from depression are more likely to develop the disorder themselves. A person has a 27% chance of inheriting a mood disorder from one parent, and this chance doubles if both parents are affected. Studies of the occurrence of depression in twins show a 70 percent chance for both identical twins to suffer from depression, which is twice the rate of occurrence in fraternal twins."

Source and Whole Article: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/03/10/are-rich-people-more-depressed-than-poor-and-other-depression-factoids/

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