[An experimental approach to depression in women].
Through a review of the literature concerning the preponderance of depression among women, the authors ask whether the symptoms of female depression has a specificity. The results of a study, realized in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Limoges, showed that the depression among women is not only different and preponderant, but also more acute. More than a consequence of predisposing, life events as about men, the onset of depression among women seems to depend on precipitating life events.
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000209:etiology; D008016:Life Change Events; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment
Approche expérimentale de la dépression chez la femme.