In many different categories, according to various different research projects and studies that have been performed, depression is a medical condition that women have a much higher risk of suffering, than men do.

Some of the categories that this has been researched and proven would include girls of young age groups, adult women, women of their elderly years, unmarried women, those that have suffered from various types of abuse, and even those that end up as a widowed woman because of the death of their spouse. This is often a very hard adjustment to become accustomed to, and this is especially true in women that have been married to their spouse for a great many years. There are as many as 800,000 people every single year that find themselves faced with the grief and the devastating sadness that is commonly associated with losing a spouse and becoming a widow.

There are a variety of effective treatment options that are available to treat depression due to the loss of a loved one. A few common treatment options that many physicians recommend to patients suffering the symptoms of depression would include the use of prescription antidepressants and counseling.