What help is there in supporting working men age in seeking help for their mental health?
Important key words
Men’s health, men’s attitude and behaviour, masculinity, men help seeking, psychological seeking help, willingness to seek help, gender and health
Objectives
1) What evidence is there in the literature concerning the effectiveness of reaching out to men through a male friendly settings?
2) To explore the viewpoint and perception of health practitioners working with men in particular settings concerning the effectiveness of reaching out early before it gets worse?
3) What factors will facilitate early interventions for working age men seeking help in particular settings?
Introduction
Men’s health has become a global public health …show more content…
Houle et al. (2008) in their study suggests that abridged help-seeking behaviour is an important aspect which is linked with the gender difference in suicide completion. In most cases, men’s decision to seek help for their mental health is strongly linked with the propensity to express their feelings (Vogel et al, 2008). This is supported by White (2001), in his study about men’s health indicates that men are reluctant in seeking help for their health and this is a major contributory factor for poor health outcome among men in the United Kingdom (UK). White et al. (2011) emphasised on the need to ensure that more research is done to investigate what influences health behaviours of men to be reluctant to seek help for their mental health. For example, Suicide is amongst the major cause of death in men between the ages of 20 to 49 years old in UK (Men’s Minds Matter’s, …show more content…
The other contributory factor for high rates of mortality in men is their unwillingness to seek help for their mental health (O’Brien et al, 2005). There has been a noticeable indication that men do not fully utilise psychological interventions especially in primary care with the exception of in the very late years of life and when they seek help, they are more likely not to talk about their mental health (Corney, 1990; Glover et al, 2010; HSCIC, 2009). There has been consistent stronger finding that women express more willingness to seek psychological help than men, however, less is known why men are reluctant to seek help for their mental health (Price and McNeill, 1992; Tedstone et al, 2010). Both men and women can find it very difficult to recognise and articulate their feelings around mental health, however, men may be more likely to experience distress as more anger is directed to others (Brownhill et al, 2005; White,
Important key words
Men’s health, men’s attitude and behaviour, masculinity, men help seeking, psychological seeking help, willingness to seek help, gender and health
Objectives
1) What evidence is there in the literature concerning the effectiveness of reaching out to men through a male friendly settings?
2) To explore the viewpoint and perception of health practitioners working with men in particular settings concerning the effectiveness of reaching out early before it gets worse?
3) What factors will facilitate early interventions for working age men seeking help in particular settings?
Introduction
Men’s health has become a global public health …show more content…
Houle et al. (2008) in their study suggests that abridged help-seeking behaviour is an important aspect which is linked with the gender difference in suicide completion. In most cases, men’s decision to seek help for their mental health is strongly linked with the propensity to express their feelings (Vogel et al, 2008). This is supported by White (2001), in his study about men’s health indicates that men are reluctant in seeking help for their health and this is a major contributory factor for poor health outcome among men in the United Kingdom (UK). White et al. (2011) emphasised on the need to ensure that more research is done to investigate what influences health behaviours of men to be reluctant to seek help for their mental health. For example, Suicide is amongst the major cause of death in men between the ages of 20 to 49 years old in UK (Men’s Minds Matter’s, …show more content…
The other contributory factor for high rates of mortality in men is their unwillingness to seek help for their mental health (O’Brien et al, 2005). There has been a noticeable indication that men do not fully utilise psychological interventions especially in primary care with the exception of in the very late years of life and when they seek help, they are more likely not to talk about their mental health (Corney, 1990; Glover et al, 2010; HSCIC, 2009). There has been consistent stronger finding that women express more willingness to seek psychological help than men, however, less is known why men are reluctant to seek help for their mental health (Price and McNeill, 1992; Tedstone et al, 2010). Both men and women can find it very difficult to recognise and articulate their feelings around mental health, however, men may be more likely to experience distress as more anger is directed to others (Brownhill et al, 2005; White,