Negative life events, social support and gender difference in depression

Abstract

The higher rate of depression in women is not explained by gender differences in negative life events, social support or vulnerability.

Comparison of Psychiatric Comorbidity and Quality of Life (QOL) in Persons with Tuberculosis and People Living with HIV in South-South Nigeria

“…In both illnesses, females predominated in the group with psychiatric co-morbidity [68]. In this study, results showed that being gainfully employed correlated positively, while unemployment correlated negatively with prevalence of psychiatric co-morbidity.…”

Stress in childhood and the risk of type 1 diabetes

“…Girls and young women report higher levels of poor mental health (anxiety and depressive symptoms) than boys and young men (Lundh et al, 2008;Nolen-Hoeksema, 2012). Most of the differences have been found in the perception of stress, however some differences have been observed regarding life events where women reporter more experiences of events related to interpersonal relations (Dalgard et al, 2006;Kendler et al, 2001). Hence, sex/gender may be relevant both regarding the parents' experiences of stress, the parents' perceptions of their child, and the child's experiences of stress.…”

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“…HIV is equally well known to be commoner in females [68]. Several reasons have been adduced for this.…”

“…Generally, the prevalence of comorbid depression with a chronic physical condition ranges between 25 and 33%. The risk of depression increases with the severity and duration of the illness [30,32] and this often presents a management challenge to physicians [2,30,[66][67][68][69][70][71].…”