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Study finds scouts or guides have better mental health in later life.
15% less likely than other adults to suffer anxiety or mood disorders at the age of 50.
Could be the lessons in resilience and resolve that such organisations offer that has a lasting positive impact.
Same benefit was not evident from other types of volunteering.
Data from a lifelong study of almost 10,000 people from across the UK who were born in November 1958
COMMENT: Particularly important as suicide is the leading cause of death of British men under 50 years of age.
