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VULNERABLE TO DEPRESSION
Author(s) -
Harris Tirril
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2007.00050.x
Subject(s) - antipathy , psychology , depression (economics) , femininity , psychosocial , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , adverse childhood experiences , psychiatry , mental health , psychoanalysis , communication , politics , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
One notable aspect of femininity is the two‐fold higher rate of depression among women. This paper outlines bio‐psychosocial models of depression and draws on studies of depressive disorder directly comparing men and women. It is suggested that the finding of consistently higher rates of negative self‐evaluation among women may be linked to experiences of parental antipathy and favouritism in childhood, and that there is a continuity of adverse childhood experience between mothers and daughters, but not mothers and sons. It also discusses the implications of the feminine caring role for self‐evaluation and affect regulation. The implications for therapeutic practice are outlined.