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Depression In Women
An article in Scientific American called "Why are so many women depressed", by Ellen Liebenluft, focused on the reason why females are more depressed than males. The article states depression comes with a variety of symptoms, for example, a person suffering from depression may experience sleep disturbances, hopelessness, and feeling of worthlessness, difficulty concentrating, experience fatigue and sometime even delusions. Depression is very common among women; it affects nearly 20 percent of women worldwide. Some of the reasons that would factor to depression may be that the women have suffered a form of physical or sexual abuse, harassment or discrimination.
The article points out that the increased risk for depression in women today might come from genetics, the effects of stressful events in their lives, social pressures, or the combination of all three. ... Scientists are studying how genetics and the environment influence depression.
Approximate Word count = 724
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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