Men more depressed women - NRK

class=”publish-date” title=”06.09.2013, Cl. 08.41.”> Published 06/09/2013, at. 08.41.

More women than men get depressed, according to the NIPH info pages, which refers to a study that suggests this.

But a new study suggests that diagnostic criteria for depression might fit best with characters that are common among women.

Three U.S. researchers used self-reported symptoms of men and women in a national survey in the United States.

When they let alternative symptoms of the classic signs of depression vanished gender differences, according to the new study, published in JAMA Psychiatry .

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One knows that men and women may have different expressions of depression. It also appears in the National Institutes of Health’s summary of the symptoms of the disorder.

lowered mood, depression, loss of sense of meaning in life, and energy shortages are general symptoms. Women are known to experience sadness and depression, while men rather react to become irritable and critical of others.

The new study added even more diagnostic criteria, which are considered to be equivalent to the classic depression signs, that other ways of expressing the same problems.

It gave an upsurge in the number of men who could be called depressed, which was in line with women.

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Why differences?

Instead of reacting to emotional pain of sadness and reticence, reacts men more often with anger, self-destructiveness, mental escape, drug use, gambling problems, sleep problems, female hunting and workaholism, the researchers wrote in their paper.

Much of the research that exists in this field raises the question of why women seem to be more depressed than men.

The alternative explanation – that men experience and express depression differently than women, was launched about a decade ago, according to the researchers. It is this they build on now.

idea raises questions about why symptoms of depression may turn out different in men and women. Maybe is it that men find it socially unacceptable to cry and express sadness, and that is why they do not talk about feelings.

not definitely distinguish sex

It may also mask the feelings of other reactions, such as those mentioned above.

dividing into male to female depression, however, has been criticized because it gives the impression that distinction goes sharply between men and women’s experience and expression of depression.

In reality, there is a gradual transition, and it varies across gender, how depression manifests itself.

same time it seems that some men, due to a limited way to express negative emotions and mental stress, depression expresses the second, negative ways.

These doctors can benefit from being aware of when to flash the depressed patients, the researchers wrote in the article.