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Big boys don’t cry: depression and men

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Branney, Peter, White, Alan·2008·Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
DOI 10.1192/apt.bp.106.003467
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Men are a numerical minority group receiving a diagnosis of, and treatment for, depression. However, community surveys of men and of their mental health issues (e.g. suicide and alcoholism) have led some to suggest that many more men have depression than are currently seen in healthcare services. This article explores current approaches to men and depression, which draw on theories of sex differences, gender roles and hegemonic masculinity. The sex differences approach has the potential to provide diagnostic tools for (male) depression; gender role theory could be used to redesign health services so that they target individuals who have a masculine, problem-focused coping style; and hegemonic masculinity highlights how gender is enacted through depression and that men's depression may be visible in abusive, aggressive and violent practices. Depression in men is receiving growing recognition, and recent policy changes in the UK may mean that health services are obliged to incorporate services that meet the needs of men with depression.

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Authors
Branney, P., & White, A.
Affiliations
Leeds Beckett University (GB)
Corresponding author
Branney, Peter
ORCID
Venue
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2008-07
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
256-262
ISSN
  • 1355-5146 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1481
DOI
10.1192/apt.bp.106.003467
OpenAlex
W2155994536
Cited by
117
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 3472 d)
Locations
  • Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (publishedVersion)
  • Leeds Beckett Repository (Leeds Beckett University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
male depression, men's mental health, sex differences, gender roles, hegemonic masculinity, problem-focused coping, underdiagnosis of depression, health service redesign, men's health policy, violence and aggression

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