Kulesza M, Raguram R, Rao D, Perceived mental health related stigma, gender, and depressive symptom severity in a psychiatric facility in South India, 2014, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol: 9, p73-77.

This paper looks at the role of gender in mental health related stigma and depression and reports that though there is no difference in the depression severity between men and women, women experience more perceived stigma related than men