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The gender gap in mental health service use

Pattyn, E., Verhaeghe, M., Bracke, P.·2015·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
DOI 10.1007/s00127-015-1038-x
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Purpose This study examines why men engage less in mental health service use, by studying how gender is performed in interactions, following the doing gender perspective. We hypothesize that seeking help for mental illness may constitute a gendered role conflict among men since help seeking is associated with femininity. Therefore, we expect that men will recommend reliance on self-care options to other men, and in cases in which professional treatment is recommended, they will prefer medication to psychotherapy. We also expect that men will report greater stigmatizing attitudes.Methods The survey Stigma in a Global Context-Belgian Mental Health Study (2009) conducted interviews of a representative sample of the Belgian general population (N = 743). The vignette technique, depicting depressive and schizophrenic symptoms, was used. Multiple linear and logistic models were estimated in SPSS.Results In male vignettes, self-care is more likely to be recommended, both by male and female respondents. Men are less likely to acknowledge the helpfulness of psychotherapy and women rate psychotherapy as less helpful when judging a man compared to a woman. Men rate tranquilizers as more helpful for other males than that women do for other females. Furthermore, male respondents seem to ascribe more shame and blame to the situation.Conclusions The gender gap in mental health service use is due not only to men and their negative attitudes toward help seeking, but also to structured social norms that are reconstructed in interactions. Women also contribute to the maintenance of masculinity norms.

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  • Current research suggests that men may benefit from MBIs less than women, and that men are less likely to engage in and acknowledge the helpfulness of psychotherapies such as MBIs.

    “Current research suggests that men may benefit from MBIs less than women, and that men are less likely to engage in and acknowledge the helpfulness of psychotherapies such as MBIs (Addis & Mahalik, 2003; Pattyn et al., 2015; Rojiani et al., 2017).”

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Authors
Pattyn, E., Verhaeghe, M., & Bracke, P.
Affiliations
Ghent University (BE)
Corresponding author
Pattyn, E.
ORCID
Venue
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-03-19
Volume
50
Issue
7
Pages
1089-1095
ISSN
  • 0933-7954 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-9285
DOI
10.1007/s00127-015-1038-x
OpenAlex
W2094992666
Cited by
183
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1
FWCI
17.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords
help-seeking, masculine norms, doing gender, femininity, mental health stigma, self-care, drug preference, depressive symptoms, shame and blame
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Psychotherapy, Self Care, Sex Factors, Stereotyping, Young Adult, Social Stigma

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