Psychologists Association warns that depressions are (still) feminine!

Women are affected twice as often as men – the urgent need for more support for women demanded

Vienna (OTS) – 500,000 people are diagnosed each year in Austria to a Depression, but women are affected significantly more often than men. On the occasion of tomorrow’s International women’s day, the President of the [professional Association of Austrian psychologists warns of the interior] (http://www.boep.or.at) (BÖP), ao. Univ.-Prof. in Dr. in Beate Wimmer-Puchinger, therefore: „depression is still more frequently than the average female. Our society must therefore do everything possible to relieve the burden on women for numerous tasks permanently.“

Studies show that The probability over a lifetime of Depression to develop in women and in Austria between the ages of 16 to 22 percent – twice as high as in men. The reasons are different: multi-stress due to Job and family care responsibilities, an increased risk-of-Poverty or violence, the likelihood of a Depression is to increase, develop.

„Women are still often the crash zone of the family and because of the classic role images in addition under pressure“, the BÖP President of ao. Univ.-Prof. in Dr. in Beate Wimmer-Puchinger. „We need to work together to ensure that the care responsibilities is finally fair between the sexes divided, and financial justice is produced in the working world,“ calls for the ao. Univ.-Prof. in Dr. in Beate Wimmer-Puchinger.

[Folder on the topic of Depression from the professional Association of Austrian psychologists]
(https://www.boep.or.at/folder-download/Boep_Depression_2016.pdf).

[Telephone assistance in the BÖP-Helpline]
(https://www.boep.or.at/psychologische-behandlung/helpline).

[Psychologist on Psychnet] (https://www.psychnet.at/).

professional Association of Austrian psychologists (BÖP)
Dana M. Müllejans, B. Sc., MA
Head of PR & communications
Tel.: 01 / 407 26 71 – 25 or 0660 / 91 33 256
muellejans@boep.or.at
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