Gender differences in depression
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 177 (6), 486-492
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.177.6.486
Abstract
Background With few exceptions, the prevalence, incidence and morbidity risk of depressive disorders are higher in females than in males, beginning at mid-puberty and persisting through adult life.Keywords
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