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Gender differences in mental health

Guest Editor

Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi, MSc, MD, FECSM, Cairo University Hospital, Egypt
 

BMC Psychology welcomed submissions for our Collection, Gender differences in mental health. 

An increasing amount of evidence demonstrates differences in mental health issues between women and men. However, these differences are not only visible between women and men, mental health disparities among transgender and gender diverse populations have been documented as well. We were interested in various contributions related to gender differences in mental health. 

New Content ItemThis Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Wellbeing.

Meet the Guest Editor

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Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi, MSc, MD, FECSM, Cairo University Hospital, Egypt

Dr Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi is a Psychiatry Consultant and Creative Arts Therapist in the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University Hospital. She also serves as a Lecturer of Psychiatry at Delta University.

She is the chair of the World Psychiatric Association's section on Human Sexuality and a member of the section on Psychiatry.

Dr Abdelazim Elfeqi has authored over 80 publications and participated in over 150 national, regional, and international symposia. She's led over 40 interactive workshops and appears as a media presenter on sexual health.
 

About the Collection

BMC Psychology welcomed submissions for our Collection, Gender differences in mental health.

An increasing amount of evidence demonstrates differences in mental health issues between women and men. Women have a significantly higher frequency of depression and anxiety in adulthood, while men have a larger prevalence of substance use disorders and antisocial behaviors. However, these differences are not only visible between women and men, mental health disparities among transgender and gender diverse populations have been documented as well. Non-binary individuals are at elevated risk for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders, whereas transgender men and cisgender women have attended the lowest number of substance use appointments. These differences are noticeable between numerous communities, and the idea behind this collection was to explore this topic further and, amongst other things, seek to understand what constitutes these differences.

We were interested in various contributions related to gender differences in mental health.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.

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  1. Previous studies have identified negative mood, impulsivity, and executive dysfunction as potential risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents. However, the interplay of these factors and ...

    Authors: Juanjuan Guo, Lijuan Shi, Jieyu Xiao, Ling He, Saijun Zeng and Jingbo Gong
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:517
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  2. Pornography use is a common practice in adolescents and has been observed to be more prevalent in males. There are different consequences associated with pornography use and problematic use that may present di...

    Authors: Alejandro Villena-Moya, Marc N. Potenza, Roser Granero, Úrsula Paiva, Gonzalo Arrondo, Carlos Chiclana-Actis, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Enrique Normand, Lluís Ballester and Gemma Mestre-Bach
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:347
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  4. The impact of mothers’ socioeconomic status (SES) on late adolescents’ emotional stability, as well as the mechanisms underlying this relationship, remain poorly understood in China. Additionally, the mechanis...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Xu, Zahyah Hanafi and Luyao Gao
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:145
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  5. Adolescence is the period in which individual and social identity, including self-esteem and body image perception, is consolidated. During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns were ordered, and adolescents experi...

    Authors: Ana Teresa Domínguez-Martín, Sergio Rico-Martín, Julián F. Calderón-García, Sara Huerta-González, Jesús Lavado-García, Raúl Roncero-Martín, María de la Luz Canal-Macías, Juan Diego Pedrera-Zamorano and Fidel López-Espuela
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:132
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  7. This study presents the German version of the Bergen Yale Sex Addiction Scale (BYSAS). The questionnaire screens for different risk levels of problematic excessive sexual behavior (“hypersexuality”).

    Authors: Michaela Hiebler, Hannah Brössler, Raphael Wimmer, Zoe Zipper, Elisa Renner, Jasmin Brouschek, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Aljoscha Neubauer and Human-Friedrich Unterrainer
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:109
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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp . During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Gender differences in mental health" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.