According to statistics, approximately one in six women will experience depression compared with one in four men. While there are factors that can explain this difference, not all is what is seems…

Depression is more common in women than men. Issues unique to women such as hormone, biological and life cycle factors may contribute to this statistic. For example, Researchers have shown that female hormones directly affect the chemistry in the brain which determines consequential moods and emotional responses. Postpartum depression, a more serious condition, may be triggered by the birth of a child although the condition probably existed before.

• Seventy-one percent of the public sample said they are not familiar with depression, but 68 percent or more know specific consequences that can come from not receiving treatment-including suicide (84 percent)

• Sixty-two percent believe they know some symptoms of depression, but 39 percent said they do not know many or any at all.

One major finding: almost 50 percent of caregivers who responded had been diagnosed with depression themselves, but only about 25 percent said they were engaged in treatment.

Almost 60 percent of people living with depression reported that they rely on their primary care physicians rather than mental health professionals for treatment. Medication and “talk therapy” are primary treatments-if a person can get them-but other options are helpful.

• Fifteen percent of people living with depression use animal therapy with 54 percent finding it to be “extremely” or “quite a bit” helpful. Those using prayer and physical exercise also ranked them high in helpfulness (47 percent and 40 percent respectively).

Practicing work outs picked up in advising at home, be it in the form of attestations, lucid reminders, or the accomplishment to take greater care of oneself, counseling customers may feel curing nevertheless position they are.

Additionally, men are more likely to consume substances like drugs and alcohol than women. Often men will mask their problems by avoiding social situations and will spend more time on their careers. They are also more likely to become irritable, angry, aggressive and abusive than women.

So it is clear that when we look at the factors that influence depression, women experience many contributing factors that are different to men.

Finally, note of caution. Some researches argue that we should be careful with the data though. Men are more likely not to seek help for depression due to the perceived stigma that society often attaches (e.g. being weak, unable to come etc). So the data may be somewhat skewed.

The statistics show a higher incidence of depression amongst women than men. There are factors linked to depression that affect women differently than men and this could explain the data. However, men are less likely to seek help and this could be skewing the numbers

Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez H.
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