Losing a Spouse can Trigger Depression: Study

A new study by researchers at KU Leuven, in Belgium, has found that loneliness brought about by the death of a spouse can trigger a wider network of depression-like symptoms. But that doctors are often too quick to attribute these symptoms to depression. The study, published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, examined depression symptoms in recently widowed elderly people. The researchers followed 515 married men and women age 65 or older ...