In my last Sharepost I asked the question Does Stress Cause Depression? One of the conclusions reached was that while many people experience stress, it is not inevitable they will go on to suffer with depression. Therefore, we assume that some people have a particular vulnerability.
When we look at the figures for depression it appears that women are far more vulnerable. There is something of a dispute as to whether men reveal their depression in different ways, but this aside it is...
We now know that there may be a true "biological difference" in how men and women respond to medications. This may be especially true... Read more »
How many times have you heard, “I don’t want to talk about it”? It’s a typical male response and one that fits very neatly into the... Read more »
My original thought for this Sharepost was to focus on the experience of male depression. Then I realized it might first make sense to... Read more »
If only I had advance warning, time to prepare. Instead, here I was, new at the game, seated unexpectedly at a dinner symposium next to... Read more »
"Are you a man or a woman? Prove it." I am the type of female who still loves to look a guy up and down and decide if he is "hot or... Read more »
According to experts at the International Association for the Study of Pain, women feel pain more often and for longer than men, and they are less... Read more »
Altered neurotransmitter (serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine) levels are responsible for clinical depression symptoms in many people. Diets low... Read more »
A new study in the journal Biological Psychology has found that gender-specific regulation of cholesterol levels in the elderly may help prevent... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Gender identity disorder is a conflict between a person's actual physical gender and the gender that person identifies himself or herself as. For... Read more »
Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting that women respond better to chronic pain treatment than men, and men who smoke receive even less benefit. To... Read more »
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