Marriage works well with mental health

The result of a large international study shows that marriage works to reduce the risk of depression or anxiety. However, these diseases will return if the marriage relationship ends.

This international study, published in Psychological Medicine, was conducted by the team of Dr. Kate Scott, a clinical psychologist at Otago University, New Zealand, based on nearly 34,500 people of 15 different countries.

In addition, this study is based on the survey results of the World Mental Health Organization (WMH) under the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted over the past decade.

The study found that when marriage ended (due to separation, divorce or one of two deaths .), the risk of developing symptoms of mental health disorders increased.

The fact that women are more likely to abuse stimulants and men will be more prone to depression.

Dr. Scott added: "The results of this study are convincing because the number of participants is quite large and comes from many different countries. In addition, researchers not only learn the numbers. Data on depression, but also about feelings of anxiety and the phenomenon of substance abuse disorders, and we can explore the effects on mental health in marriage and compare with those unmarried people or people with broken marriages. "

The study came to the conclusion that marriage is beneficial for both sexes and not only for women as a result of some previous studies.

However, according to research results, compared to women, men are less likely to suffer from depression in their first marriage.

Dr. Scott said that this factor may be related to the traditional role of men and women in the family.

Other WMH surveys show that the incidence of depression tends to decrease in women with higher education levels.

A gender-related difference that this study found is that marriage is more effective at reducing the risk of substance abuse in women than men. According to Scott, this could be explained that women are often caretakers of young children.

However, the research results of Otago University show that broken marriage has negatively affected both sexes.

Scott believes that what our research results want to show is that each marriage relationship has many benefits for both men and women. At the same time, depression related to broken marital status makes people susceptible to mental disorders.