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		joshdavham 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The most male and female reasons to end up hospita... > 89.5% Psychological problems [for women] This is a pretty stunning statistic to me. I suppose if you were to ask me to guess which gender is hospitalized the most frequently for mental health reasons, I'd probably guess women... but I wouldn't expect the distribution to be that extremely skewed. Is there a simple explanation for this?

api 3 months ago | [–]

They are more likely to seek help?

Men are over represented in prisons and the homeless population. Maybe they don’t seek help.

kimos 3 months ago | | [–]

Men are also over represented in suicide.

tick_tock_tick 85 days ago | [–]

1 in 4 Women are on antidepressant by age 50.

It's a silent epidemic when you look at mental health rates and it appear to be getting worse.

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