MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTED BY ROMANCE

1/6/2004 12:42:00 PM

By Alex Cukan
United Press International

MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTED BY ROMANCE

Romantic break-ups are bad for mental health and women take them harder, according to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The study finds the mental health of both men and women is best in long-term relationships, but men do even better cohabiting, the Web site Scotsman.com reports.

"Relationships for men are more about support, practical and emotional, but for women it is very important to be in a committed relationship -- a marriage," says Dr. Michaela Benzeval of Queen Mary University of London.

The study also finds women who stayed single enjoyed much better mental health than those who had married or suffered a relationship split.

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21 years ago

It looks like they want to have it both ways, the say it's important for women to be married, but then say single women do better. So, that begs the question, which is it? As to whether or not the relationship split is harder on the woman, then why are most divorces ended by women? I think the relationship split is harder on the person who got dumped, inspite which ever gender.

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