A new study has found that the diminution of depression is much slower in people who have suffered physical abuse or experienced parental addictions in their childhood than those who haven't gone through such hardships. University of Toronto investigators examined a range of factors associated with remission in a sample of 1128 depressed Canadian adults drawn from the National Population Health Survey. Depressed individuals were followed every other year until remission occurred for up to 12 years. 'Our findings indicated that most people bounce back. In fact three-quarters of individuals were no longer depressed after two years' co-author Emeriti Tahany
