Posts Tagged ‘Men and Depression’

At Health Central: Men and Depression

Written by John on January 30th, 2010
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Just a note to let you know that I’m starting a series about men and depression at Health Central’s depression site. I know it’s controversial to talk about differences in the way men and women experience depression. It’s always easy to let stereotypes take over. But the influence of social roles seems to me inescapable, [...]

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Tags: Men and Depression, social roles, stereotypes
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Are You Still You When Your Partner Is Depressed?

Written by John on November 6th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by pargee at Flickr Over and over, I find online stories about the transformation of a loving partner, most often a man, into a depressed stranger. As I’ve often written here, I have been that stranger. I’ve told several stories about what happened during that time in my life and what I’ve [...]

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Tags: depression, identity, independence, loss, marriage, Men and Depression, partner
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