Author: mastervjm
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Sociocultural Explanations for Gender Differences in Major Depressive Disorder

The prevalence rates of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) can be viewed through three lenses: Biological explanations, cognitive explanations, and sociocultural explanations. This post will focus on sociocultural explanations, and biological and cognitive ones have been discussed in past blogs. It is believed that women have higher prevalence rates due to gender biases in reporting and…
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YOU are BIASED (Part 2)
The video linked consists of my key takeaways and findings from the book “Thinking, Fast and Slow”. This is the second part of my findings. Make sure to watch ‘Part 1’ too.
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Cognitive Explanations for Gender Differences in Major Depressive Disorder

When researching prevalence rates of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), alongside biological factors (which were mentioned in a previous post), it is crucial to consider cognitive explanations. A key cognitive explanation for gender differences in MDD is that of rumination. Nolen-Hoeksema has found that women are more likely to amplify depression by ruminating about their feelings…
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Is gender inequality inevitable in the future?

Having recently attended the ‘Web Summit’ in Lisbon, the world’s largest annual tech event, I have had many questions regarding the intersection between gender and technology. I firmly believe that technology will act as an enhancer; Whether for existing inequality, or the enhancement of equality. I wonder how artificial intelligence will adopt existing schemas and…
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Biological Explanations for Gender Differences in Major Depressive Disorder

At school, we are currently learning about Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). When approaching topics of this kind (mental health related and associated with abnormal behaviours), we approach the topic looking at biological explanations, cognitive explanations, and sociocultural explanations. I find it fascinating to see the extent of explanations, under each of these subsections, that explain…

