Depression among girls and women - when will this stop being treated like news?

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12. What is simple is that this imbalance is true all over the world.

This isn't about mental illness in general, so why you're introducing issues like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and suicide is beyond me.

Back to the topic - if you want to chalk up this consistent imbalance to biology that's your opinion. I'll stick with the idea that grasping at straws for any other explanation when the imbalance starts with the onset of adolescence is choosing to ignore the most obvious explanation. But then prescribing pills and billing for therapists sessions is much easier than addressing the patriarchy and the resultant misogyny in society.