Objective: to describe and compare the diagnostic impressions between men and women, and to identify the evolution of consultation between 2006 and 2011, met in the Centre of Psychological Care at the University of Manizales. Method: an ex post facto, quantitative study was done. 1505 medical records were analyzed of which 48.9% (n = 736) corresponded to women. Results: the most prevalent problems for both sexes are adaptive, depressive and parent-child, as well as marital. Women have more adaptive problems in comparison with men, whereas men have more depressive, marital and parent-child related issues. Discussions take place in the light of reports of mental health and work related to uneducated populations.