The high prevalence of depressive disorder in women is well established. However, it has
not been convincingly explained. This reflects a more general failure of research to provide …

Sex differences in rates of depressive disorder have not been convincingly explained, and
this reflects a more general failure of research to provide a comprehensive aetiological …

It is commonly suggested that a female preponderance in depression is universal and
substantial. This review considers that proposition and explanatory factors. The view that …

Beyond the repeatedly confirmed finding that women diagnosed with mood disorders greatly
outnumber men lies a widely varying set of hypotheses that attempt to explain the suspected …

This article reviews selected research on gender differences in depression in order to
update the status of the literature and address concerns raised by the APA Task Force on …

Beyond the repeatedly confirmed finding that women greatly outnumber men among those
diagnosed with mood disorders lies a widely‐varying set of hypotheses that attempt to …

Updates previous reviews on the evidence and explanations for the sex differences in the
rates of depression.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

The evidence for sex differences in psychiatric disorder is discussed. Evidence for such
differences in overall mental health is confounded by methodological problems, but there is …

Abstract major depression is one of the most common forms of psychopathology, and it is
much more common in women than in men/review the epidemiology of gender differences …

Women's greater risk of depression is one of the most consistent findings in psychiatric
epidemiology. However, the explanation for this difference remains contested. Here possible …