Study Finds Women Over 50 May Struggle More After Divorce

New study finds divorce in middle age may be harder on women, using increased antidepressant use as indicator.

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When longtime marriages come undone in later life, women tend to bear the brunt of the emotional fallout.

That’s the takeaway from a new study probing the impacts of so-called “gray divorce” on men and women over 50, finding that women’s antidepressant use spikes more dramatically than men’s in the years surrounding a split.

What the Study Found

A new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health draws its observations from increased antidepressant use following the end of marriages or relationships.