Women Greatly Outnumber Men in the Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders

Women greatly outnumber men in the diagnosis of anxiety disorders, and a biological explanation that has been offered for this is _________.

A) that women have less regulated neurotransmission systems and that this chemical instability is related to anxiety
B) the fact that poverty is far more likely among women, and this condition can lead to understand anxiety that grows to pathology levels
C) the idea that sex hormones such as estrogen and progesterone may be involved
D) the more lateralized brains of women versus men leads to greater activity in the panic centers of the brain