Incidence rates could reach double than in men . A variety of factors could be the cause of the high rates of depression in women than men . Hormonal factors were also influential .
As one of the basic diagnosis of psychosomatic complaints , depression and anxiety disorders as well as frequently occurs in women but not realized . When experiencing psychosomatic symptoms as " expression " of depression , like most other NZ psychosomatic patients , they would prefer to go to a general practitioner or specialist non - psychiatrists than to the psychiatrist . This is certainly a very necessary concern because too often women do not opt for treatment than men .
Of clinical experience dealing with cases of psychosomatic both men and women , I wanted to share a few things that may be related and a typical woman who suffered psychosomatic . Surely this is not an absolute for all women , but does occur more in women than men .
A. menstruation
Women of childbearing age must have experienced this . Menstruation happens every month ( although in fact occur varies ) is a sign that he is a fertile woman who could become pregnant . Although it has become routine but often closely related to menstrual disturbances in the mental atmosphere of emotional feelings . No wonder the diagnostic criteria for mental disorders of the newly published United States in May 2013 and then , feeling mood disorder due to menstruation ( premenstrual dysphoric disorder / PMDD ) is inserted into the depression group .
Associated with psychosomatic complaints , female patients experiencing psychosomatic symptoms as anxiety disorders or depressive condition often have problems associated with menstruation . Before menstruation usually more patient psychiatric conditions uncomfortable . At the time of treatment occurred too often just before menstruation patient back slightly uncomfortable symptoms . Psychosomatic patients is what distinguishes men and women , women have to adapt to that despite normal menstrual conditions often cause problems in the sense of female patients . This is what sometimes makes psikosomatiknya symptoms often look up and down on women due to menstrual symptoms alone is characterized by physical symptoms .
b . Couples Support
Not easy being a psychosomatic patients because of the difficulty of explaining what happened to the patient and how the symptoms are psychosomatic . Patients are often difficult to explain the things that happen to her because of medical clinical examination and laboratory support all normal . Doctors were not all able to understand the problems associated with psychosomatic conditions except really understand as a psychiatrist .
Difficulty explaining pain conditions is what sometimes makes psychosomatic patients face their own condition without the support of people who quite understand him . Female patients are usually more difficult because of his closest partner or husband often can not accept the concept of psychosomatic pain experienced as a partner . Often easily husband asking his wife for more positive thinking or thinking that relaxed without being able to empathize first about what happened to his wife .
In practice did I see in life everyday practice , female patients were more difficult to obtain than the husband's support of male patients get support wife .
c . Multiple roles
Women often play a dual role in the family or even multiple . Often times they become women who also make a living for the family than as a wife and mother . This condition certainly raises the pressure of life itself . Many mothers who later also became vulnerable to stress because it comes every day with a variety of forms . This does not mean men do not stress the problems of life and the duties , but the greater vulnerability of women than men in this context .
Similarly, some of the things that I could give to readers about what distinguishes women from men when experiencing psychosomatic disorders . Hopefully useful .
