The Experience of Symptoms of Depression in Men vs Women

JAMA Psychiatry. 2013;70(10):1100-1106. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.1985.

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Thank you very much Prakash. This is indeed very interesting study.

Hi Renzo,

Thank you very much for your helpful reference list. This articles actually present what I was looking for. 

Dear Elene, a PubMed search will provide you a variety of good systematic reviews and meta-analysis on this topic for the general population as well as for other chronic somatic diseases besides cancer. An important aspect of the topic contributes to the discussion that symptoms of depression may be different in women and men.

we looked at gender differences in these two papers:

 Byles JE, Gallienne L, Blyth FM, Banks E. Relationship of age and gender to the prevalence and correlates of psychological distress in later life. International Psychogeriatrics, 2012;24(6):1009-18.

 Byles JE, Robinson I, Banks E, Gibson R, Leigh L, Rodgers B, Curryer C, Jorm L. Psychological distress and comorbid physical conditions: Disease or disability? Depression and Anxiety. 2014;31(6):524-532.

For the Situation in Germany see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261570142_Twelve-month_prevalence_comorbidity_and_correlates_of_mental_disorders_in_Germany_the_Mental_Health_Module_of_the_German_Health_Interview_and_Examination_Survey_for_Adults_%28DEGS1-MH%29,

Best Regards, Rüdiger Nübling

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You can also find interesting outcomes in these recent studies:

Fanous, A., Gardner, C. O., Prescott, C. A., Cancro, R., & Kendler, K. S. (2002). Neuroticism, major depression and gender: a population-based twin study. Psychological Medicine, 32(04), 719-728.

Forlani, C., Morri, M., Ferrari, B., Dalmonte, E., Menchetti, M., De Ronchi, D., & Atti, A. R. (2014). Prevalence and gender differences in late-life depression: a population-based study. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(4), 370-380.

Silverstein, B., Edwards, T., Gamma, A., Ajdacic-Gross, V., Rossler, W., & Angst, J. (2013). The role played by depression associated with somatic symptomatology in accounting for the gender difference in the prevalence of depression. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 48(2), 257-263.

CAO, Y., WANG, M., CAO, C., CHEN, G., & ZHANG, W. (2013). Gender Differences in the Genetic Underpinning of Depression. Advances in Psychological Science, 9, 010.

Thanks to all of you for this interesting and inspiring studires. I will indeed city several of them in my PhD thesis.

Dear Elene, it may be difficult to find specific data on gender differences in general population for various countries, because such data on national health often are published in nationally but not in internationally scientific journals.

A solution would be to search national databases from Ministries of Health for country-specific health reports. In many European countries there are periodic National Health Surveys which are public released. Most reports will be free available at the websites of the ministry or of the health organization but often are also published in scientific journals.

A google search for "national health survey" combined with a certain country will provide you the websites for national health surveys for European countries.

• Germany: Survey "GEDA - German Health Update".

(http://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/HealthSurveys/Geda/Geda_node.html)

• England/Great Britain: "Health Survey for England (HSE)

(http://www.noo.org.uk/data_sources/adult/health_survey_for_england)

• Denmark: "The National Health Interview Surveys"

(http://www.si-folkesundhed.dk/Forskning/Befolkningens sundhedstilstand/Sundhed og sygelighed SUSY.aspx?lang=en)

Thanks a lot Michael for providing with tips on some of the solutions for finding target references. Indeed it is veryhelpful.