New Study Says Men Are Just As Depressed As Women, Doctors Just Haven't Diagnosed Us Correctly

(Source) A new study finds that depression may be far more common in men than previously estimated. Women traditionally have been diagnosed with depression about twice as often as men, with about 20% of women becoming depressed at some point in their lives. In the past decade, however, some researchers have suggested that they simply weren’t asking the right questions when talking to men. While women may show their depression through symptoms such as crying or trouble sleeping, depression in men may manifest as anger, aggression, substance abuse or risk taking, such as gambling or womanizing, says lead author Lisa Martin, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan in Dearborn.

When researchers factored in those types of symptoms, they found that about 30% of both men and women had been depressed at some point in their lives, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers at the University of Michigan based their study on of 3,310 women and 2,382 men. The analysis is the first to look at gender differences in depression rates in a large national sample, Martin says. Not all experts accept that depression manifests differently in men and women, says Peter Kramer, a clinical professor at Brown University not involved in the new study. The notion of gender differences in depression symptoms is still a new idea, says Kramer, who describes Martin’s findings as preliminary.

Usually the studies we post on Barstool are a crock of shit. Either they’re something we all know is true and don’t deserve a study “Staring at tits reduces stress”, “Eating less makes you live longer”. Or they’re some crazy small data sample that doesn’t apply to us. “55 out of 100 Norwegians find jerking off with a cucumber up their ass is more pleasurable”. But this study actually hits home. First time ever. Because if I’m reading this correctly I am 100% depressed and I think we all are. Substance abuse? Drinking too much? Gambling? Womanizing? Ummm, pretty sure you just summed up 99.9% of us. If you don’t do those things you’re a loser with no hobbies, plain and simple. So basically I think what we learned here is that we’re all depressed but we just figured out that binge drinking, playing fantasy football and gambling all weekend is a far better coping mechanism then lying in bed crying into a pillow and eating ice cream. Fucking Science man, learn something new every day. Depression City, population every male on planet earth.

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I’m almost positive that picture was taken in the same house that does all those HD porno’s where no one talks. Madison Ivy, Holly Michaels, anyone know what I’m talking about?