Association of major depressive disorder with chronic diseases and multimorbidity in Brazilian adults, stratified by gender: 2019 National Health Survey.
Neuciani Ferreira da Silva E SousaMarilisa Berti de Azevedo BarrosLhaís de Paula Barbosa MedinaDéborah Carvalho MaltaCelia Szwarcwald LandmannPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2021)
The results reveal a significant association between major depressive disorder and chronic non-communicable diseases in both genders and raise the hypothesis that the effects of multimorbidity and certain diseases may be greater on the mental health of men.