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Mental Health Information

BainsBane

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1. Broadening of list of symptoms for Depression

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 03:52 AM

Aug 2013

For the new study, Martin and her colleagues used data from a nationally-representative survey of 3,310 women and 2,382 men that is used to measure the prevalence of mental illness.

When the researchers used a scale that was designed to assess depression symptoms common among men, they found about 26 percent of men and about 22 percent of women met the criteria for depression.

When they used a scale that included both traditional and alternative symptoms, there was little difference between the two groups: about 33 percent of women met the criteria for depression, compared to about 31 percent of men.

http://news.yahoo.com/percent-depressed-men-comparable-women-study-201105704.html

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