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Why is depression more common among women than among men

Christine Kuehner
- 01 Feb 2017 - 
- Vol. 4, Iss: 2, pp 146-158
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Evidence regarding the epidemiology on gender differences in prevalence, incidence, and course of depression, and factors possibly explaining the gender gap are summarized.
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This article is published in The Lancet Psychiatry.The article was published on 2017-02-01. It has received 754 citations till now.

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Trends in depression prevalence in the USA from 2005 to 2015: widening disparities in vulnerable groups

TL;DR: The prevalence of depression increased significantly in the USA from 2005 to 2015 and the rate of increase in depression among youth was significantly more rapid relative to older groups.
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Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Loneliness shows a harmful effect for all-cause mortality and this effect is slightly stronger in men than in women, which was independent from the quality evaluation of each article and the effect of depression.
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Animal models of major depression: drawbacks and challenges.

TL;DR: The validity of animal models of major depression, putative models of treatment-resistant depression, major depression subtypes and recurrent depression are discussed, and future challenges regarding new paradigms such as those proposing dimensional rather than categorical approaches to depression are identified.
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Cortical GABAergic Dysfunction in Stress and Depression: New Insights for Therapeutic Interventions

TL;DR: It is concluded that deficits in cortical inhibitory neurotransmission and interneuron function resulting from chronic stress exposure can compromise the integrity of neurocircuits and result in the development of MDD and other stress-related disorders.
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The epidemiology of major depressive disorder: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R).

TL;DR: Notably, major depressive disorder is a common disorder, widely distributed in the population, and usually associated with substantial symptom severity and role impairment, and while the recent increase in treatment is encouraging, inadequate treatment is a serious concern.
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Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene

TL;DR: Evidence of a gene-by-environment interaction is provided, in which an individual's response to environmental insults is moderated by his or her genetic makeup.
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Genetic Epidemiology of Major Depression: Review and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of relevant data from primary studies of the genetic epidemiology of major depression suggested that familial aggregation was due to additive genetic effects, with a minimal contribution of environmental effects common to siblings and substantial individual-specific environmental effects/measurement error.
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