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Untold problems: a review of the essential issues in the mental health of men and boys
- Author:
- WILKINS David
- Publisher:
- Men's Health Forum
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review considers mental health from a male perspective and explores how good mental health can be achieved and maintained. It also looks at the kinds of mental health problems that men and boys experience and asks how services can most effectively respond. Although women are diagnosed with the most common mental health problems significantly more often than men, a number of indicators of poorer mental health, such as suicide, substance misuse and homelessness, are more common in males, suggesting that male mental health problems are not being identified and tackled as well as they might. This review is divided into 3 main sections. The first section considers the male role in family and society, including the breadwinner role and the performance of boys at school. The section on men’s mental health and anti-social behaviour considers violent behaviour, male prisoners, and alcohol and drug misuse. The last section considers specific conditions including suicide and under-diagnosed depression, and the mental health of men from the following specific groups: black and ethnic minority groups; gay men; and ex-servicemen. The review concludes that men often have mental health needs that are distinct from those of women and which are particularly associated with the lived experience of being male.
The mental health of men and boys
- Authors:
- WILKINS David, KEMPLE Mariam
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2010, pp.21-25.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
There has been little work that considers the specific mental health needs of men, despite statistics showing that the rates of suicide, substance abuse, violent crime, personality disorders, rough sleeping, and permanent exclusion from school are all higher in males. However, 2 reports have recently been published on this subject. During Mind Week 2009, Mind published 'Get It Off Your Chest', which suggested that mental distress in men is often a hidden problem and that services do not meet male mental health needs as well as they might. In January 2010, the Men’s Health Forum published 'Untold Problems', a review of the most important issues in the mental health of men and boys. This article highlights the key findings and conclusions from these 2 reports looking at, for example, men’s attitudes towards seeking help for mental health problems, the link between age and men’s mental health, providing the right sort of mental health services for men, the male role in family and society, poor educational performance by boys, anti-social behaviour, alcohol abuse, and suicide. It concludes that evidence suggests that men often have mental health needs that are distinct from those of women and which are particularly associated with the lived experience of being male. The findings of these pieces of research are to be developed into a document containing guidance for mental health professionals. Interested parties are invited to express their own views and suggest ideas for inclusion in the document.
Gender differences in rates and correlates of suicidal behaviour amongst child psychiatric out-patients
- Authors:
- WANNAN Gary, FOMBONNE Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 21(4), August 1998, pp.371-381.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
This study determines factors associated with suicidal ideas attempts of threats in psychiatric out-patients aged between 8 and 17 years who attended a British teaching hospital. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed by sex on the data from the standard department questionnaire. Substance abuse, depression and distributed relationships with adults were predictors of suicidal behaviour for both sexes. For female subjects, anti-social behaviour was also associated. In girls alone, depression had significant interaction effects with substance abuse and conduct disorder. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed.
Temperament or trauma? Users' views on the nature and treatment of personality disorder
- Author:
- CASTILLO Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(2), October 2000, pp.53-58.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The controversial diagnosis of personality disorder has become almost exclusively associated with negative connotations of violence, aggression and anti-social behaviour. People with this diagnosis carry a heavy burden of social prejudice, rejection by statutory services, and even the threat of indefinite detention. The article describers a unique research study in which people diagnosed with personality disorder interviewed others to collect evidence of what it is like to have such a diagnosis, the actual problems people experience, and what they find helpful.
Clinical work with adolescents
- Author:
- MISHNE Judith Marks
- Publisher:
- Free Press
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 385p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
An overview of adolescence; assessment; adolescent pathology; adolescent sexual behaviour; and the treatment process.