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Big boys don’t cry: depression and men
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Branney, P., & White, A.
- Affiliations
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Branney, Peter
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2155994536
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 43
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- FWCI
- 15.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- 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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