Prevention magazine: Man Down: Almost no one believes that men get depressed, including men. Until it kills them.
“Not only are men clueless about depression, he says, so are doctors, who are missing the diagnosis in men in part for the same reason they miss the diagnosis of heart disease in women; They don’t expect to see it… If their doctors don’t pick up on the clues, most men aren’t going to volunteer that they’re feeling depressed. It’s no secret that most men don’t like going to the doctor even for a serious physical problem. One survey found that men will even ignore chest pains. In most guys’ minds, seeking help for depression is even less acceptable, tantamount to exchanging one’s Y chromosome for matching doilies and a lifetime subscription to O, The Oprah Magazine.”