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Diagnosis of male depression - Does general practitioner gender play a part?
Australian Family Physician, 09/08/09

Lyons Z et al. – Most respondents (64%) reported that diagnosing depression in men was harder compared with women, 73% of female GPs compared with 58% of males. Communication issues and infrequent surgery attendance by male patients were cited as the main difficulties. Most GPs found diagnosing depression in men difficult, particularly female GPs. There is a need for GPs to communicate more effectively with male patients to improve the diagnosis of depression. The underdetection of depression in male patients has serious implications for patient outcomes. This study has raised some important issues relating to the diagnosis of depression in men and raises awareness of some of the difficulties that GPs have in this area, particularly in relation to communication problems. More routine analysis of gender at both the patient and practitioner level in future research will assist in identifying further differences that may improve the rate of underdetection of depression in men.