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Depression – Facts about Women and Depression

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more women than men are diagnosed with depression every year. The reason for this difference is unknown, mostly because we don’t have a full understanding of what causes depression in either gender. An argument can be made that women and men actually suffer depression in equal numbers, [...]

How Depression Affects Women

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more women than men are diagnosed with depression every year. The reason for this difference is unknown, mostly because we don’t have a full understanding of what causes depression in either gender. An argument can be made that women and men actually suffer depression in equal numbers, [...]

Women (and Girls) and Depression

Women suffer from unipolar (as opposed to bipolar or manic) depression in greater numbers than men do; twice as much by most estimates. Causes The reason or reasons why women have unipolar depression more frequently than men is less definite, due to a great extent to the fact that we don’t fully understand what causes [...]