If depression is indeed a risk factor for dementia, treating depression should help stave off dementia, but no studies have shown this effect, Saczynski said.

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"She needs unconditional love and support, " Ms. Blumenthal writes, and even a subtle message that the family does not agree with her sexual orientation can be a factor in her depression.

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The sudden contraction of credit was a factor responsible for the ensuing depression-within-a-depression.

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Also Payton mentions he was diagnosed with depression recently, which is another contributing factor in him being burnt out.

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On the other hand, chronic anxiety is a life-destroyer of the first order, and is at least as big a risk factor for suicide as is depression.

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It can be a factor in developing hypertension, cardiac disease and depression, among other conditions.

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The recent depression in the stock price has been the single largest factor in making these multiples move to such attractive levels.

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Never before in the United States, even going back to the Depression, had we experienced market corrections that were tied to such an important demographic factor.

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The war was the single biggest factor in finally helping the U.S. dig out of the Great Depression, largely because it generated jobs and exports.

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Kennedy, who says he remembers nothing of the incident, insists alcohol was not a factor, and that he is addicted to prescription pain medicine and suffers from depression.

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