Open AccessComparing depressive symptoms in teenage boys and girls
Author(s) -
Mahnaz Fallahi Khesht-Masjedi,
Somayeh Shokrgozar,
Elahe Abdollahi,
Mahbuobe Golshahi,
Zahra Sharif-Ghaziani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_129_17
Subject(s) - irritability , sadness , depression (economics) , medicine , crying , anger , feeling , psychiatry , clinical psychology , pleasure , psychology , anxiety , psychotherapist , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Symptoms of depression vary between the males and females. Depressed men show behaviors such as irritability, restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, and instead of the usual behaviors. Sleep disturbance is a common symptom in depressed men. Men are less likely to go to doctors and unconsciously show other behaviors such as anger instead of the sadness. It seems that considering depression as "feminine" is a great injustice toward male patients whom their illness will not be diagnosed nor treated.