TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Reflections on masculinity, culture and the diagnosis of depression
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
A1  - Mellsop, Graham
A1  - Smith, Barry
SP  - 850
EP  - 853
VL  - 41
IS  - 10
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To inform the debate on the relationship between gender and depression by examining clinicians' ratings on selected HoNos items in two cultural groups. METHOD: Scores on items 1 (overactivity/aggression) and 2 (depression) as recorded by clinicians in the CAOS study of more than 12,000 unselected New Zealand psychiatric service users were analysed by gender and self identified ethnicity. RESULTS: The lowest ratings for depression and highest for overactivity/agression were assigned to Māori males. Female Māori, were rated next, followed by male non-Māori. Female non-Māori were rated highest on depression and lowest on overactivity/agression. CONCLUSIONS: Amongst the hypotheses to explain these findings are those relating to service utilization, rater bias, criteria bias, and cultural pathoplastic effects. These questions need answers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-8674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048670701579082
ID  - ref1
ER  -