Women's Issues: Did You Know?

? Depression is twice as common in women as in men
• Lifetime prevalence of depression in women is 21.3% and 12.7% in men
• 75% of depressed women that stop taking antidepressants during pregnancy relapse
• 50-80% of women experience some psychological or physical symptoms premenstrually
• Postpartum depression is more likely to happen in women who lack the support of a partner
• During perimenopause the risk of depression triples
• Depression is the main cause of disability in women
• Women are 3x’s more likely then men to become depressed in response to a stressful event
• 10-15% of mothers become depressed after the birth of a child
• In an unhappy marriage, the woman is 3x’s more likely to be depressed than the man
• Women tend to subordinate their own needs which can lead to depression
• Menopause is a time of decreased depression in women