Depression more dangerous than other chronic illnesses

It seems odd to many of us that mental illness could be as damaging (or more so) than physical illness, but researchers this past week said just that.

The research presented concluded with the opinion that depression is actually more damaging than heart angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes.

Those chronic physical ailments are nothing to sneeze at, and when depression is said to be worse than any of them, you know something serious is afoot here.

Does depression affect the everyday functioning of those it afflicts, just as much as chronic physical ailments? Of course it does, and in some ways (or many), it's much worse.