There is a substantial gender gap in common mental health difficulties such as depression and anxiety, and evidence on drivers of this gap is sparse. Yet, the current tendency in the field is to treat it as inevitable, and its drivers are rarely examined as a worthwhile question to pursue. We discuss possible reasons for this oversight, while highlighting the need to reform research priorities and systems to ensure this issue receives the investment and interest necessary to inform better prevention and support. We emphasise the need to meaningfully engage with women on the gender mental health gap to better inform investigations into salient drivers and, in turn, efforts toward change. We challenge the research community to question such pervasive disinterest in this large inequality disproportionately affecting over half the population, to prevent and narrow this for future generations.

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辩论：不要介意差距——为什么我们不关心常见心理健康困难中的性别差距？

在抑郁和焦虑等常见心理健康问题上存在着巨大的性别差距，而有关这一差距驱动因素的证据却很少。然而，该领域当前的趋势是将其视为不可避免的，并且其驱动因素很少被视为值得探讨的问题。我们讨论了这种监督的可能原因，同时强调需要改革研​​究重点和系统，以确保这个问题得到必要的投资和兴趣，从而为更好的预防和支持提供信息。我们强调需要就性别心理健康差距问题与女性进行有意义的接触，以便更好地为对显着驱动因素的调查提供信息，进而为变革的努力提供信息。我们向研究界提出挑战，质疑人们对这种影响了一半以上人口的巨大不平等现象普遍不感兴趣，以防止和缩小这种现象，为子孙后代带来好处。