More and More Diagnoses of Depression in Men

For decades it was thought that women were the more emotional of the two genders and that depression was a woman’s disease. Clinical depression is thought to be a sign of emotional weakness and “real men” aren’t allowed such a “weakness.” In reality, there are more and more diagnoses of depression in men being reported today, and none of these cases have anything to do with weakness of any sort.

Doctors are now realizing that while depression is an emotion, clinical depression is caused by a physical condition and not an emotional state. This explains why there are more cases of depression in men; if it’s a physical condition then of course men can have the physical problem that causes it just as much as women can.

It may also be true that many more cases of depression in men are being diagnosed because more men are seeking treatment for the condition as opposed to ignoring it. There is still a stigma by some against mental and emotional illnesses but that stigma is disappearing more and more as time goes by. Also, doctors are finding they have more treatment options for depression in men, which may too encourage many to seek…..

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Conventional Drug Treatment Not Always the Answer for Depression

People often go through hard times in their lives, and most of us get depressed at one point in time or another. Some people stay depressed longer than others; some are depressed for a few days, while others stay pretty much constantly depressed for years.

What happens with depression is that the human brain releases and excess of melatonin, a depressive chemical natural in the brain. If something physical that happened in someone’s life triggered the release of this chemical, that person is only usually depressed for a fairly short period of time, lasting up to a year at the longest.

But, when something goes wrong in someone’s head to where their brain automatically releases this chemical for seemingly no reason, this person is more likely to be depressed a lot longer. The term for short-term depression triggered by something happening in someone’s life is known as dysthmic disorder. The term for long-term depression due to the chemical being released spontaneously is called long-term depression….

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