National Institute of Mental Health.Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) say depression is a leading cause of disability, and estimate more than 264 million people suffer from the condition.Therefore, a major priority is to identify environmental and lifestyle factors that people can change to reduce their risk of developing the condition.Now, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have become the latest team to attempt this.
They analyzed data on more than 100,000 participants in the UK Biobank, a research program that has been monitoring the health and wellbeing of half a million volunteers in the United Kingdom since 2006.“Our study provides the most comprehensive picture to date of modifiable factors that could.