Stress as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders in a Gendered Environment

Carolyn M Mazure; Mathilde M Husky; Robert H Pietrzak

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3138

Stress as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders in a Gendered Environment

JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 1;80(11):1087-1088. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3138.

Authors

Carolyn M Mazure¹, Mathilde M Husky², Robert H Pietrzak^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Women's Health Research at Yale, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, ACTIVE Team, INSERM U1219, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
³ Translational Psychiatric Epidemiology Laboratory, US Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

PMID: 37672277
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3138

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the value of assessing specific stressors that may vary by gender when assessing mental health to better inform our knowledge of stress effects and aid in developing better targeted, gender-informed prevention and treatment efforts in psychiatry.

MeSH terms

Humans
Mental Disorders* / epidemiology
Mental Disorders* / etiology
Mental Health
Risk Factors