The subjects were between six and 16 years old when the study began. Half had been sexually abused, and half had not been. This indicates brain shrinkage. Women, on the other hand, experience only a one per cent increase in the same fluid. The shrinkage was most pronounced in the brain's frontal and temporal lobes, which control thinking and memory.
Smokers have a greatly increased risk of major depression say researchers in a new study.
An article in the American Medical Association's Archives of General Psychiatry says those with a history of major depression were much more likely to become daily smokers. Those surveyed picked the barbecue-pit perfume four times out of ten. Freshly cut grass, suntan oil, bug spray, and fireworks made the list for smells most reminding them of summer. Unmarrieds compared to those who are married tend to have more episodes of domestic violence to women and physical and sexual abuse of children. Annual rates of depression among unmarried couples are more than three times those of married couples.