Numerous epidemiological reports have found that adolescent, young adult, and middle-
aged adult girls and women are more likely to be diagnosed with unipolar depression and …

BackgroundIt is not known why the most common mental disorders, anxiety and depression,
are more prevalent among women than men. The aim was to test the hypothesis that this …

Women have consistently higher prevalence rates of anxiety disorders, but less is known
about how gender affects age of onset, chronicity, comorbidity, and burden of illness …

The role of anxiety disorders in the development of sex differences in major depression is
analyzed. Data come from a longitudinal epidemiologic study of young adults in the Detroit …

Gender and Mental Health provides a critical introduction to the ways in which gender
affects mental health experiences and mental health service use. The volume is unique in …

A recurrent finding in international literature is a greater prevalence of depression in women
than in men. While explanations for this gender gap have been studied extensively at the …

Data from a nationally representative sample of the general population are used to study
cohort differences in the prevalence of DSM-III-R Major Depressive Episode (MDE). We …

This unique book presents original research from the largest cross-national survey of the
epidemiology of mental disorders ever conducted. It provides the latest findings from the …

BackgroundWith few exceptions, the prevalence, incidence and morbidity risk of depressive
disorders are higher in females than in males, beginning at mid-puberty and persisting …

Background: While the sex difference in prevalence rates of unipolar depression is well
established, few studies have examined gender differences in clinical features of …