Depression is the mental health disorder most commonly seen in the primary health care
setting. Estimates of the prevalence of people who are depressed but are seeking treatment …

Objective. To explore depression from a gender perspective, by capturing depressed
women's and men's formulations of their experiences and understanding of their situation …

Reviewing the literature of the latter half of the twentieth century, the authors consider the
question: do women somatize more than men? The literature review begins with work done …

Objective Women have consistently been shown to report greater numbers of physical
symptoms. Our aim in this study was to assess gender differences for specific symptoms and …

Psychiatric disorders challenge the skills of physicians in primary care. Up to a third of
medical patients have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder, 103,114 and 75% of these are …

OTH THE WOMEN'S rnogrnent and the codependency movement have provided potential
arenas for addressing the mental health concerns of women. The women's movement has …

In her recent article in this journal, Jane Ussher (2010) provides a wide-ranging review of
current approaches to understanding women's higher rates of reported depression. In her …

Using data from the Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health, this article
describes the characteristics of women in need of mental health services for depression or …

Women are at least twice as likely to experience depression as men, and up to 25% of
women can expect to be depressed in their lifetimes. Depression is likely to recur in up to …

Depression tends not to be accurately identified and treated in primary care settings. Women
of color are especially likely to use these settings for mental health issues but are less likely …