Depression

- puberty: period when the female-to-male ratio for depression doubles. solution: zoloft and cognitive therapy. (pg 53 female brain)

- Genetics may also play a role in female depression. In certain families with high depression rates, for example, researchers have found a mutation in a gene called CREB-1 that puts teenage females— but not males—at higher risk for clinical depression. (pg 53 female brain)