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Found at Pub Med : The article appeared in Nursing Clinics of North America,
doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.06.002.. 2009 Sep;44(3):355-64.Nurs Clin North Am
Women's mental health: depression and anxiety
Robynn Zender 1, Ellen Olshansky
Affiliation
1Program in Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. [email protected]
PMID: 19683096
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.06.002
Abstract
Sex ratios for selected mental disorders such as major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder are much higher in women than men. Anxiety disorders constitute the most prevalent mental disorder in adults, and affect twice as many women as men. Depression and anxiety exist comorbidly and along with other mental disorders. This article focuses on depression and anxiety in women, and other conditions comorbid with depression or anxiety: cardiac disease, obesity, vitamin D deficiency, and irritable bowel syndrome.