... ). Common medical conditions that would present themselves as depression or anxiety include thyroid disease, infection, cardiac disease, pulmonary pathology, sleep apnea, pancreatic cancer, anemia, and stroke. So, tests must be performed to verify that the problems are purely psychological. "Major depression in mid-life is common, with a prevalence of approximately 2.2%" (Samuels 1997). Some would say that it is like living with eight ... this study and others seem to show this time as more a conflict within the middle-aged person and outwardly with his adolescent child(Julian and McKenr...

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