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How might the relationship between depression and gender have been exaggerated? Depression is a universally recognized mental disorder that affects about 15 per cent of the population of the most developed countries according to the World Health Organization1. Women are two or three times more like to suffer depression than men2 which is an interesting fact as this was not the case many years ago. Research by Lowe and Garratt (1959) shows that many more men than women were admitted to hospital due to mental illness, female rates of mental disorder increased significantly after World War 2. In this essay I will attempt to present arguments regarding the biological determinants of depression compared to the social factors surrounding men and women. Also come to some conclusion about whether gender differences in rates of depression are exaggerated or are in fact a true reflection of reality. After some research it seems to be...

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