Professor Moharari Shiraz, head of Tehran’s Neurology and Psychiatric Hospital said, “Women are depressed twice as much as men. This percentage amongst women is 14-19%, while in men is between 5-12%.”
A physician in the hospital explains, “Fundamental depression is one the most common psychological illnesses and its symptoms include feeling grief from within, low self-confidence and lack of interest in any type of activities or daily pleasures. Such symptoms are usually seen at around the age of 30.”
(Khabar Online – October 5, 2014)