Depression: Gender Matters

Course overview

This course looks at the nature of depression and how it relates to gender. Discusses sex bias in diagnosis and gender differences in suicide rates. Introduces irritable male syndrome and its causes. Presents an instrument for assessing male depression, the Diamond Male Depression Scale, and explains its development and use. When you finish this course, you will be able to: *Discuss the nature of depression and why gender matters. *Distinguish between sex and gender and their roles in depression. *Compare suicide incidence and causes in men and women. *Explain how men act out and women act in. *Describe Irritable Male Syndrome and enumerate its causes. *Show the need for an instrument for assessing male depression.