Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Białystok, Bialystok, Poland
2. The School of Medical Science in Białystok, Bialystok, Poland
Abstract
It is estimated that the prevalence of depression throughout life ranges from 14.4% to 18% of the population and affects women twice as often as men. In 2019, symptoms that may indicate de-pression affected 19.2% of women, which was characteristic for all age groups. The group of women in 2019 less often (13.2%) experienced symptoms that may indicate depression than five years ago (18.7%), in 2014. The paper reviews the available literature on depression in women. The results are discussed in a sub-chapter: Intro-duction, Epidemiology of depression in Poland, Epidemiology of depression in women, Selected clinical aspects of depression in women, Depres-sion in the menopause, Postpartum depres-sion,Summary.
Reference84 articles.
1. Zdrowie psychiczne w Unii Europejskiej. Opracowania tematyczne OT–674, Biuro Analiz, Dokumentacji i Korespondencji, Kancelaria Senatu, Warszawa, 2019 (Polish).
2. Mathers C., Loncar D. Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Med 2006 Nov;3(11):e442.
3. Naczelna Izba Pielęgniarek i Położnych, Komunikat prasowy z okazji Światowego Dnia Zdrowia 2017 [Internet], [cited 2022 May 11]. Available from: Depresja - porozmawiajmy, https://nipip.pl/depresja-porozmawiajmy/ (P{olish)
4. Depression. WHO [Internet], [cited 2022 May 11]. Available from: http://www. who.int/ mediacentre/factsheets/fs369/en/.
5. Kessler R.C., Berglund P., Demler O., Jin R., Merikangas KR, Walters EE.: Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2005 Jun;62(6):593-602.