{"id":2822,"date":"2011-08-29T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2014-06-23T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:57:41","slug":"study-shows-massage-can-help-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/study-shows-massage-can-help-depression","title":{"rendered":"Study Shows Massage Can Help Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/massage-helps-depression1.jpg\" alt=\"Study shows that massage can be helpful with depression\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3618\" \/>Aromatherapy massage therapy and other techniques used by massage therapists &#8211; reiki and acupressure among them &#8211; have all been indicated by research to relieve depression in clients.<\/p>\n<p>A new report shows depression is a global problem, affecting 121 million people worldwide. Depression can affect a person&#8217;s ability to work and form relationships, and can simply destroy one&#8217;s quality of life. Depression leads to 850,000 suicides each year.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from 20 health centers around the world compiled depression data based on detailed interviews with more than 89,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Among the results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fifteen percent of the population from high-income countries were likely to get depression over their lifetime with 5.5 percent having had depression in the last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Eleven percent of people in low- and middle-income countries were likely to get depression over their lifetime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Major depressive episodes were elevated in high-income countries (28 percent compared to 20 percent) and were especially high (over 30 percent) in the U.S., India, France and the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> The country with the lowest incidence of major depressive episodes was China, at 12 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the first study that used a standardized method to compare depression and major depressive episodes across countries and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have shown that depression is a significant public-health concern across all regions of the world and is strongly linked to social conditions,&#8221; said researcher Evelyn Bromet from State University of New York at Stony Brook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Understanding the patterns and causes of depression can help global initiatives in reducing the impact of depression on individual lives and in reducing the burden to society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The research is published in <a title=\"Biomed Central\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/bmcmed\/\">Biomed Central<\/a> Copyright \u00a9 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aromatherapy massage therapy and other techniques used by massage therapists &#8211; reiki and acupressure among them &#8211; have all been indicated by research to relieve depression in clients. 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