
Depression, Stress & Heart Disease
Depression is caused by chemical changes in the brain and may be linked to a number of factors: long term stressful situations, personal factors or developing a long-term illness. Stress and depression are sometimes linked, but stress does not always result in depression. Depression can lead to unhealthy behaviours such as comfort eating or loss of appetite, lack of motivation and lethargy leading to decreased physical activity. Stress can be an insidious build-up of many pre