Audiotape Order No. K Twice as many women as men experience depressive episodes. In order to understand this finding better, it is important to clarify the concept of depression and to do this through a focus on sadness. Understanding the many reasons for women's sadness leads to therapeutic and preventive changes.
Relational theory explores women's sense of responsibility for relationships.
When relationships falter, women can develop major depressive features such as increased vulnerability to loss, inhibition of action and assertion, inhibition of anger, and low self-esteem.