Honestly, none of the points on the “Male Depression Risk Scale” listed in the article match my experience. It’s always been closer to hopelessness for me I think. Hopelessness and a growing desperation for a way out.

It was a rather discordant experience reading this article after reading OP’s other post on LGBTQ+ people and depression. (No shade on OP; both articles provide useful insights, and are worth a read. Thank you!)

The representations of “boys” and “girls” in this article are configured as strongly gender-conforming, cis and hetero in terms of their “typical” responses. That’s not a bad thing, but it is very limited.

People who are non-binary, transgender, or even gay/lesbian with some gender non-conforming personality components are likely to present with differing constellations of presenting symptoms, and thus to be overlooked.