GENDER AND DEPRESSION:GENDER AND DEPRESSION:TYPICAL AND ATYPITCALTYPICAL AND ATYPITCALSYMPTOMS AND SUICIDALSYMPTOMS AND SUICIDALIDEATIONIDEATION
DissertationDissertationPresented to the Faculty of the College of Health SciencesPresented to the Faculty of the College of Health Sciencesof Touro University Internationalof Touro University Internationalin Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health SciencesDoctor of Philosophy in Health SciencesByByJed DiamondJed DiamondMarch 14, 2008March 14, 2008Dissertation Chair: Mihaela Tanasescu MD, ScDDissertation Chair: Mihaela Tanasescu MD, ScDCommittee Member: Frank Gomez, PhDCommittee Member: Frank Gomez, PhDCommittee Member: Anne Maria MöllerCommittee Member: Anne Maria Möller--Leimkühler, PhDLeimkühler, PhD
Significance and Rationale For StudySignificance and Rationale For Study
Women seek helpmen die.
This conclusion was drawn from a study of suicide prevention by Angst & Ernst (1990). They found that 75% of those who sought professional help in aninstitution for suicide prevention were female. Conversely 75% of those whocommitted suicide in the same year were male.Since depression is a significant risk factor for suicide and men receive lesstreatment for depression than do women, it is vitally important that we have abetter understanding of the way depression manifests itself in males.
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Chronic disease (heart disease,stroke, diabetes, cancer, other)
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Previous depression
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Alcohol use, etc.SuicidalIdeation
Depression(Typicalsymptoms)Gender Atypicalsymptomsof depression
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Male vs. Female Depression: Why Men Act Out and Women Act In
Most studies that have been conducted world-wide indicate that women suffer from depression at twice the rate of men. Yet males commit suicide at rates are much higher than females. This study sought to develop a…
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