Posted by SLS on February 17, 2001, at 12:51:37
In reply to gender differences and depression, posted by shellie on February 17, 2001, at 11:26:07
Hi Shellie.
> FWIW. I heard a show on NPR about gender differences in different parts of the brain, and part of it was about depression. I have no idea of the study, but the conclusion was that depressed women respond better to SSRIs and depressed men to tricyclics.
I have seen this written up elsewhere. These are statistics that are probably best interpreted as a trend rather than a treatment guideline to choose the first-line drug. Important information, though. I hope it serves well to hasten a doctor's decision to move away from failed SSRIs sooner in favor of trials of tricyclics in male patients.Thanks for the info.
Yes, there are striking differences in the brains of male versus female. It seems to me that females must be smarter, for their corpus collosum bridging the two cerebral hemispheres is larger. They might have access to a greater number of otherwise unilaterally located skills and reasoning matrices, thus "a woman's intuition". I think woman can often see the whole picture rather than simply following a linear addition of the sum of its parts.
I am just guessing at this and looking for female accolades...
Guys, if you know what's good for you, you will all agree unconditionally.
:-)
- Scott
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