Gender and depression

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• Differences in depression in adolescent girls and boys

  Gender differences in assertiveness, instrumentality, coping and interaction styles, which lead to depression, are established in childhood before depression emerges. There is little evidence biological changes cause depression.

• Imact of Depression on families and on gender relations

  328362 Imact of Depression on families and on gender relations 1. Great Depression had affected the income level of the families 2. The depression had caused family disorganization and deprivation 3.

• Mood Disorders: Gender Difference in the Diagnosis of Depression

  325787 Mood Disorders: Gender Difference in the Diagnosis of Depression 1. Discuss the potential factors that result in the 2:1 (female:male) gender difference in the diagnosis of depression.

• Gender Studies

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• Beck's Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)

  , 2005). 1.Major depression is under-diagnosed and under-treated in the general populations of several countries in Asia, Europe, and North America.

• Gender Socialization and Counselling

  Thus counselors often view women as emotional and thus prone to depression. However, as Corey (2005) points out, gender inequity exists that becomes a source of oppression to both men and women, and society (Corey, 2005).

• Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and Gender Roles

  Found May 21, 2012: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/great-depression/essays/women-and-great-depression This posting discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and gender roles.

• factors contribute to women's poverty and thus to depression

  Depression is also linked to marriage and parenting, effects of gender dynamics.

• Identify behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that might help to identify whether an adolescent is experiencing depression. Might adolescent girls who are depressed look different from depressed adolescent boys?

  Another separation is the swings of depression; either gender could be bi-polar but three is a large prevalence of females with the disorder. Bi-polar is a combination of highs and lows. The expert examines mood versus depression.