College Students With Depression Twice As Likely to Drop Out

College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows. But the study also indicates that lower grade point averages depended upon a student's type of depression. "The correlation between depression and academic performance is mainly driven by loss of interest in activities," said Daniel Eisenberg, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and principal investigator of the study. "This is significant because it means individuals can be very depressed and very functional, depending on which type of depression they have.” (ScienceDaily, 7/7/09)