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In MDD or ALC, social factors likely have a larger role in sex differences.
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“Regarding possible gender differences in psychiatric morbidity, it is known that women overall tend to report higher lifetime prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders (43) and BPD (44), and women in forensic psychiatry tend to be overrepresented in BPD (45).”
BackgroundThe Age of Onset of Anxiety Disorders
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BackgroundEmotional stability is associated with the MAOA promoter uVNTR polymorphism in women
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Neuroimmune Mechanisms and Sex/Gender-Dependent Effects in the Pathophysiology of Mental Disorders
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- Authors
- Riecher-Rössler, A.
- Venue
- The Lancet Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-01
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 8-9
- ISSN
- 2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2556344411
- Cited by
- 560
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 70 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 100 · 2023: 75 · 2022: 95 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 13.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- sex differences, gender differences, mental illness, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, prevalence, symptomatology, risk factors, clinical course
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Sex Factors, Gonadal Steroid Hormones
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