Women, regardless of nationality or socioeconomic status, have a higher chance to have depression than men. The reasons for such higher chance appear to be a combination of biological and cultural factors.
Women’s Hormonal Variation and Life Phase
Extreme hormonal changes can trigger the reaction of emotional swings for all women. There are studies that show how the hormones can contribute in depression but the reason is not yet totally clear.
Female hormones undoubtedly play a big role in premenstrual dysphoria, postpartum depression, and the SAD moment. These forms of depression draw back or stop after the menopausal stage.
In early puberty a girl who reaches the age of 11 years old or younger are more prone to experience depression during adolescence than those girls that are more matured.
By the time of pre-menopausal, women between the ages of 20 and 45 are most at risk to get depression. Based on the record of the study, 34% of this age group are complaining of having symptoms of major depression.
Depression usually occurs around menopausal stage, it is the stage when the women’s hormonal secretion changes....