On Male Depression

Gentlemen: Don't wait.




Many people asume that depression presents with the typical warning signs like dysphoric mood or lack of motivation. But in many of the depressed men I have seen in my practice the primary complaints are frequent agitation, loss of meaning, and eratic or unpredictable behavior.

It is my belief that the very excesses of capitalism like maximizing time, materials, and entertainment, cause depression. The nature of our male existence in this consumer culture leaves us out of balance with healthy rhythms of life- in essence, depressed.