A Hypothesis of Gender Differences in Self-Reporting Symptom of Depression: Implications to Solve Under-Diagnosis and Under-Treatment of Depression in Males

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	A Hypothesis of Gender Differences in Self-Reporting Symptom of Depression: Implications to Solve Under-Diagnosis and Under-Treatment of Depression in Males
	Shi, Peixia 1; Yang, Aigang 1; Zhao, Qing 2,3; Chen, Zhaohua 1; Ren, Xiaomei 1; Dai, Qin 1
通讯作者	Dai, Qin(daiqin101@hotmail.com)
摘要	The phenomenon of female preponderance in depression has been well-reported, which has been challenged by higher rates of suicide and addictive behaviors in males, and a longer life-span in females. We thus propose an alternative hypothesis "Gender differences in self-reporting symptom of depression," suggesting mild-moderate depression tends to be reported more often by females, and severe depression and suicide tend to be reported more often by males. Potential mechanisms that account for this difference may include three aspects: covariation between estrogen levels and the incidence peak of female depression, gender differences in coping style (e.g., comparative emotional inexpressiveness and non-help-seeking in males), and gender differences in symptom phenotypes (e.g., atypical symptoms in male depression). Our newly presented hypothesis implied the overlooked under-diagnosis and under-treatment of depression in males. For effective diagnoses and timely treatment of male depression, it is critical to incorporate symptoms of depression in males into the relevant diagnostic criteria, encourage males to express negative emotions, and increase awareness of suicidal behavior in males.
关键词	gender difference male depression suicide self-reporting symptom coping style symptom phenotype
	2021-10-25
语种	英语
DOI	10.3389/fpsyt.2021.589687
发表期刊	FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
ISSN	1664-0640
卷号	12 页码:10
收录类别	SCI
出版者	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
WOS关键词	NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY ; MAJOR DEPRESSION ; SEX-DIFFERENCES ; HELP-SEEKING ; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FINDINGS ; LIFETIME PREVALENCE ; SOMATIC DEPRESSION ; GENERAL-POPULATION ; SUICIDE ATTEMPTS ; MENS ACCOUNTS
WOS研究方向	Psychiatry
WOS类目	Psychiatry
WOS记录号	WOS:000716720300001
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/41033
通讯作者	Dai, Qin
作者单位	1.Army Med Univ, Dept Nursing Psychol, Chongqing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shi, Peixia,Yang, Aigang,Zhao, Qing,et al. A Hypothesis of Gender Differences in Self-Reporting Symptom of Depression: Implications to Solve Under-Diagnosis and Under-Treatment of Depression in Males[J]. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY,2021,12:10.
APA	Shi, Peixia,Yang, Aigang,Zhao, Qing,Chen, Zhaohua,Ren, Xiaomei,&Dai, Qin.(2021).A Hypothesis of Gender Differences in Self-Reporting Symptom of Depression: Implications to Solve Under-Diagnosis and Under-Treatment of Depression in Males.FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY,12,10.
MLA	Shi, Peixia,et al."A Hypothesis of Gender Differences in Self-Reporting Symptom of Depression: Implications to Solve Under-Diagnosis and Under-Treatment of Depression in Males".FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY 12(2021):10.