Gender Difference in the Prevalence of Clinical Depression: The Role Played by Depression Associated With Somatic Symptoms
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 March 1999
Brett Silverstein
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The gender difference in depression may result from a difference in a specific subtype of anxious somatic depression, which is associated with a high prevalence of anxiety disorder and, among female subjects, with body aches and onset of depression during early adolescence.
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The gender difference in depression may result from a difference in a specific subtype of anxious somatic depression.
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