It's been my experience that depression definitely affects the ability to effectively deal with an illness or disability Link: Depressed Dialysis Patients More Likely To Be Hospitalized Or Die, Researcher Finds.
ScienceDaily (Sep. 16, 2008) — Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
It's been my experience that depression definitely affects the ability to effectively deal with an illness or disability Link: Depressed Dialysis Patients More Likely To Be Hospitalized Or Die, Researcher Finds.