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Women's Depression: Too Commonplace to Ignore

© Sharon L. Cohen

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov), investigators are focusing on several areas regarding women and depression: evidence that the higher incidence of depression in females begins in adolescence; the particular stresses that adult women face; the impact of hormones; the role of postpartum depression; psychological characteristics such as negative attitudes that may be derived from childhood; childhood molestation; and depression later in life.

The challenging news is that we still have a long way to go to understanding this disease and its impact on women and girls. The good news is that such research will someday provide insights into treatment and cures for clinical depression. It also lends credence to the fact that a woman's complaint of feeling depressed should be taken very seriously and acted upon immediately.