Women and depression
Why is depression frequenter at women? Larger incidence is consequence of combination of different factors:
- Depression is often connected with hormonal and biological changes in different life time periods, with menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and menopause.
- Treatment with hormonal medicines.
- Women, that were physically or psychically abused are depressed more often than women who don’t have such experiences.
- Women who have abortions are risking depression and other mental illness. Women who have had abortions have twice the level of psychological problems and three times the level of depression as women who have given birth or never been pregnant.
Symptoms of women depression
- repressed, sad, despondent mood
- loss of joy and interest for pleasant things
- thrill, irritability, anger
- tiredness, lack of energy
- disturbance of concentration, attentions and memories
- feelings of guilt, incompetences and inferiorities
- disturbance of sleep
- change of appetite
- problems in sexual relations
- suicide thinking
- different physical sign are also common: pains in chest, headache, digestive disturbances, perspiration, heavy breathing
Special symptoms of depression, that appear at women are: changeable mood, appetite increased, feeling of heavy hands and legs, sensitivity for refusals, etc.
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