Study: Women 40 Percent More Likely To Develop Mental Illness Than Men
May 23, 2013 9:40 AM
ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – There is a gender gap for mental illness, with females being up to 40 percent more likely to develop some type of mental health condition than their male counterparts.
A new study to be published by Oxford University Press finds that women are nearly 75 percent more likely than men to have suffered from depression, and approximately 60 percent more likely to report an anxiety disorder.
The U.K. study was led by Dr. Daniel Freeman, who said his latest research set to appear in the book, “The Stressed Sex: Uncovering the Truth about Men, Women and Mental Health,” sets out to answer a simple but crucial question: are rates of psychological disorder different between men and women?
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Not all mental illness, just anxiety and depression. According to the CDC:
Drinking levels for men
Approximately 63% of adult men reported drinking alcohol in the last 30 days. Men (24%) were two times more likely to binge drink than women during the same time period.5
Men average about 12.5 binge drinking episodes per person per year, while women average about 2.7 binge drinking episodes per year.3
Most people who binge drink are not alcoholics or alcohol dependent.6, 7
It is estimated that about 17% of men and about 8% of women will meet criteria for alcohol dependence at some point in their lives.8
Injuries and deaths as a result of excessive alcohol use
Men consistently have higher rates of alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations than women.1, 9, 10
Among drivers in fatal motor-vehicle traffic crashes, men are almost twice as likely as women to have been intoxicated (i.e., a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or greater).11
Excessive alcohol consumption increases aggression and, as a result, can increase the risk of physically assaulting another person.12
Men are more likely than women to commit suicide, and more likely to have been drinking prior to committing suicide.13-15
unless you work for the village of ridgewood.
This is news? we’ve known women are nuts for decades:)
Very funny #3. We’re nuts from dealing with men!
Develop?
#3 and #4 should get together. I can feel the love.