Excess Drinking May Lead to Depression

Excess drinking makes it more likely you’ll become depressed, a new study finds. The study from New Zealand enrolled 1,055 teenagers. Researchers kept track of them for the next 25 years. People in the study who abused alcohol were twice as likely as average to become depressed. Researchers said the abuse appeared to come first, then the depression. They were not sure why this occurred. The study appeared in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry. Reuters Health news service wrote about it March 2.