It used to be a stereotype that depression was a "woman's disease" and that bias may still exist, even in the health care field. Research has found that women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with depression, even when they come to their doctor with the same symptoms. Signs of...
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Using data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a nationally represented mental health survey, we evaluated sex differences in symptom endorsement in ...
If you or a man in your life is dealing with depression, understanding as much about it as possible might be the turning point you’ve been looking for.Depression in Men vs. Women Men and women not only experience different depression symptoms, but their willingness to discuss how they’re...
Martin and coauthors created 2 new depression measures to explore whether sex disparities in depression rates disappear when alternative symptoms are
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of depression in a cohort of elderly men as assessed using a 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score and to describe the association between this score and sex steroids, androgen receptor (AR) polymorphism, and general health status. Design: ...
A Revised CES-D Measure of Depressive Symptoms and a DSM-Based Measure of Major Depressive Episodes in the Elderly This study examines the psychometric properties of two new abbreviated versions of standard measures of depression, a revised eight-item Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale...
This study investigated the relationship of depressive symptoms, social support, and a range of personal health behaviors in 2,091 male and 3,438 female university students from 16 countries. Depressive symptoms and social support were measured using the short Beck Depression Inventory and the Social...
Surveys have shown that Chinese gay men have high levels of depressive symptoms. Self-concept clarity is a critical intrapersonal psychological factor affo
We also examined whether inflammation, indexed by IL-6, is a mediator of the association between depressive symptoms and pericardial fat. We reasoned that because inflammation is thought to contribute to the association between depression and CVD and is positively correlated with both depressive ...
Fewer men than women express feelings of sadness or seek professional help, so the actual number of men with depression may be underestimated. Symptoms of depression are the same in both genders: persistent sadness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, loss off interest or sense of pleasure in acti...