Women and mental illness
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Women and mental illness.
One of the more consistent findings of epidemiological research is that women report symptoms of both physical and mental illness and consult doctors for these conditions at higher rates than men.' That finding stands in sharp contrast to the longer female life expectancy than that of males at every age. The explanation most often offered for this sex difference refers to strains and stresses a...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.292.6514.201