Incidence of depression in men

The apparent physical strength that man has, compared with less bulk and musculature of women (with exceptions in sexual dimorphism, of course), does not correspond with the mental strength, psychological, spiritual or whatever. It is true that men with smaller flock to consultation psychiatry or psychology to allay concerns of mind, but depression also preys on the so-called "stronger sex".

Indeed, although the incidence of depression is lower in men (especially because the statistics do not reflect the frequency of those unable to recognize depression), when it occurs it does so with particular virulence, with the depressions of the men most intense and more anxious than the apparatus that occur in women generally.

Centuries, man has managed to mask the symptoms of depression using drugs and alcohol. By contrast, women have always been more moderate at the time of ingesting psychotropic this nature (we always speak in statistical terms). If we add to this depressing sublimation of man through their greater ability to manifest violent behavior, we can be to the cause of the apparent lower incidence of depression in these.

In any case, as discussed supra, it is possible for man to suffer less depressive disorder in all its forms, but not as little as statistics show. The worst is the force with which depression occurs in males seems like they have fewer defenses against adversity and lower resistance to suffering.

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Original Louis Folgado



Psychologists Madrid

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