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Social roles and gender difference in the prevalence of common mental disorder
- Authors:
- WEICH Scott, SLOGGETT Andrew, LEWIS Glyn
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, December 1998, pp.489-493.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It is not known why the most common mental disorders, anxiety and depression, are more prevalent among women than men. This research aimed to test the hypothesis that this gender difference could be explained by differences between men and women in social role occupancy, after adjusting for age and socio-economic status. Using a cross-sectional survey of adults aged 16-74 years living in private households in England, Wales and Scotland. Results found the gender difference in the prevalence of the common mental disorders did not vary with age to a statistically significant degree. Although those of either gender occupying the fewest, and women occupying the most social roles had the highest prevalence of common mental disorders, neither number of social roles, occupancy of traditional 'female' caring and domestic roles, nor socio-economic status explained the gender difference in these conditions.
Better or worse: a longitudinal study of the mental health of adults living in private households in Great Britain; report based on surveys carried out by the Office for National Statistics in 2000 and 2001...
- Editors:
- SINGLETON Nicola, LEWIS Glyn
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 170p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The longitudinal study described in this report involved an 18-month follow-up of people interviewed in the 2000 Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. The original sample included people aged 16–74 years residing in private households in England, Wales and Scotland. The mental disorders covered in the study were common mental disorders and substance misuse. The aims of the study were to investigate: the proportion who recovered from the common mental disorders of depression and anxiety approximately 18 months after initial assessment and the socio-demographic and social factors that are associated with recovery; the proportion without current disorder in the original survey who were found to have disorder 18 months later (an episode onset) and the factors associated with this change; the onset and recovery from suicidal thoughts and factors associated with these changes; the onset and cessation of substance misuse (cigarette smoking, alcohol misuse and drug misuse) and factors associated with these changes; the treatment and care received for mental disorders in the follow-up period in primary care, secondary care and other services and factors associated with this; in a sub-sample, the met and unmet needs for social and medical care were also investigated; and non-clinical outcomes related to the course of the disorder including employment, physical health and other indicators of quality of life.