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Cross-National Associations Between Gender and Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

Archives of General Psychiatry · 2009 · Vol. 66(7) · pp. 785–785

Soraya Seedat✉Kate M. Scott(University of Otago)Matthias C. AngermeyerPatricia A. Berglund(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Evelyn J. Bromet(State University of New York)Traolach Brugha(University of Leicester)Koen Demyttenaere(KU Leuven)Giovanni de Girolamo(Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli)Josep María Haro(Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)Robert Jin(Harvard University)Elie G. Karam(Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care)Viviane Kovess–Masféty(Université Paris Cité)Daphna LevinsonMaría Elena Medina Mora(NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science)Yutaka Ono(Keio University)Johan OrmelBeth-Ellen Pennell(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)José Posada‐Villa(Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)Nancy A. Sampson(Harvard University)David R. Williams(Harvard University)Ronald C. Kessler(Harvard University)

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Abstract

While gender differences in most lifetime mental disorders were fairly stable over the time-space units studied, substantial intercohort narrowing of differences in major depression was found to be related to changes in the traditionality of female gender roles. Additional research is needed to understand why this temporal narrowing was confined to major depression.

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Health disparities and outcomes Mental Health Treatment and AccessMental healthAnxietyMood disordersMarital statusPsychologyDemographyCohortEpidemiologyPsychiatryMood

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AdolescentAdultAgedAnxiety DisordersMental DisordersCross-Cultural ComparisonDepressive Disorder, MajorMajor Depressive DisorderDeveloping CountriesFemaleGender IdentityHealth SurveysHumansInternal-External ControlMale

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