Featuring Dr. John Ogrodniczuk, PhD, Psychologist

Duration: 1 minute

Men typically don't present with the characteristic signs and symptoms of depression as described in the DSM.

Men will often present with other signs and symptoms, such as irritability, aggression, and addictive types of behaviours. When men come to the physician's office, they often don't talk about feeling sad or hopeless.

They often talk about stress, and the things that they present with are not necessarily what we would expect to see in a depressed person per se. It could be they're more angry; they might say 'I seem to be getting in fights with my mates at work, I'm arguing a lot with my wife lately, I don't seem to have patience with my kids anymore.'

Those are some of the things that we look for in men, when we suspect that perhaps they're suffering from depression.

If you have questions about depression symptoms in men, contact a local mental health provider.