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Title: | The gender difference in depressive prevalence is due to high prevalence of somatic depression among women who do not have depressed relatives |
Authors: | SILVERSTEIN, Brett; AJDACIC-GROSS, Vladeta; ROSSLER, Wulf; ANGST, Jules |
Citation: | JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, v.210, p.269-272, 2017 |
Abstract: | Background: Given that several studies have found the gender difference in depression to be rooted in psychosocial forces and others have shown the difference to be due to a gender difference in somatic depression, we compared the gender difference in somatic depression among respondents who reported no relative depressed with that of all other depressed respondents. Methods: Respondents in a representative sample from the Zurich study who met criteria for somatic depression and reported no relatives (first-degree, or parents, or mothers, or fathers in separate analyses) with depression were compared to other depressed respondents as to gender. Results: The gender difference in the prevalence of depression among respondents with somatic depression who reported no relatives with depression (whether the relatives were all first-degree, or any parent, or mothers only or fathers only) was significantly greater than the gender difference in depression among other respondents Limitations: The measure of depression among relatives was based upon reports of the respondents. Conclusion: All or almost all of the gender difference in depression in this representative sample.is due to a gender difference in somatic depression among respondents who reported no depressed relative. Somatic depression may be a disorder distinct from depression without significant additional somatic symptomatology. If so, it is likely that it should be treated differently. |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - LIM/27 Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - ODS/05 |
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