Depression in Women

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In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of psychology in women. Specifically, the writer discusses depression in women as a result of emotional, physical, and mental abuse. The writer maintains that psychologically, women are more likely to suffer from depression than men. The writer discusses that women suffer from depression for a variety of reasons, from post-partum depression after giving birth to any number of emotional and physical reasons, such as abuse and fear of abuse. The writer concludes that women suffer more from depression, and women suffer more from emotional and physical abuse, and so, the two are intertwined when it comes to women's physical and mental health.

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"Thus, depression is not only a personal problem that can affect the woman and her family, it is a problem for the entire country, and solving it could lead to better productivity, along with a greater sense of well being for many American women. In addition, many women ignore depression and its signs, which can help lead to deeper depression and more difficulties in treating the disease.
"It is also interesting to note that psychologically, women generally respond differently to depression. Men tend to look outside themselves for the source of their depression, and attempt to correct or control the causes and so end their depression. Women handle depression differently."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ainsworth, Patricia. Understanding Depression. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2000.
• Chang, Valerie Nash. I Just Lost Myself. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996.
• D'Mello, Dale A. "1 Epidemiology of Late-Life Depression." Depression in Later Life: A Multidisciplinary Psychiatric Approach. Ed. James M. Ellison and Sumer Verma. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003. 1-26.
• Editors. "Depression: What Every Woman Should Know." National Institute for Mental Health. 2007. 30 Nov. 2007. <http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression-what-every-woman-should-know/summary.shtml>
• Ellison, James M., and Sumer Verma, eds. Depression in Later Life: A Multidisciplinary Psychiatric Approach. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003.

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