#2 Women at risk
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For reasons that are not well understood, women are twice as likely to suffer with depression than men. Experts believe it may have to do with differences in hormones between men and women, and that the higher levels of estrogen that are present in a woman’s system may be a factor. Estrogen may have an effect on the neurotransmitters in the brain that makes the female brain more vulnerable to depression.
