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Twelve Signs of Depression in Men

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What depression looks like More than 5 million men in the U.S. experience depression each year. Clinical depression—in women or men—can cause sadness and a loss of interest in once pleasurable activities. But depression can sometimes manifest in different ways in different people. "While the symptoms used to diagnose depression are the same regardless of gender, often the chief complaint can be different among men and women" says Ian A. Cook, MD, the Miller Family professor of psychiatry at the University of California–Los Angeles.

Guided self-help for functional (psychogenic) symptoms. A randomized controlled efficacy trial

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Functional (psychogenic or somatoform) symptoms are common in neurology clinics. , (CBT) can be an effective treatment, but there are major obstacles to its provision in practice. We tested the hypothesis that adding CBT-based guided self-help (GSH) to the usual care (UC) received by patients improves outcomes. Authors: M. Sharpe, MD,  J. Walker, MBChB, C. Williams, MD, J. Stone, PhD, J. Cavanagh, MD, G. Murray, PhD, I. Butcher, PhD, R. Duncan, MD, PhD, S. Smith, PhD and A. Carson, MD From the University of Edinburgh (M.S., J.W., J.S., G.M., I.B.), Edinburgh; University of Glasgow (C.W., J.C.), Glasgow; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (R.D.), Glasgow; and NHS Lothian (S.S., A.C.), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Professor Michael Sharpe, Psychological Medicine Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK michael.sharpe@psych.ox.ac.uk Abstract Methods: We conducted a randomized t...