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Author:   Rob Whitley
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.576kg
ISBN:  

9783030863197

ISBN 10:   3030863190
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   16 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health.- PART I Men’s Mental Health.- Chapter 2 The Social Determinants of Male Suicide.- Chapter 3 Wasted Lives: Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorder and Addictions in Men.- Chapter 4 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Males: The Medicalization of Boyhood?.- Chapter 5 Risk Factors and Rates of Depression in Men: Do Males Have Greater Resilience, or Is Male Depression Underrecognized and Underdiagnosed?.- Chapter 6 Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care, and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices.- PART II Men’s Issues and Their Relation to Men’s Mental Health.- Chapter 7 The Gender Gap in Education: Understanding Educational Underachievement in Young Males and its Relationship to Adverse Mental Health.- Chapter 8 Employment, Unemployment and Workplace Issues in Relation to Men’s Mental Health.- Chapter 9 Family Ties: Marriage, Divorce and the Mental Health of Men and Boys.- Chapter 10 Men’s Mental Health: Time for a Paradigm Shift.

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Rob Whitley, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, and a Research Scientist at the Douglas Research Centre. He is also an Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and has held honorary appointments at King’s College London, Dartmouth Medical School (New Hampshire) and Howard University (Washington, DC). He has published over 125 academic papers in the field of social and cultural psychiatry, and has written over 100 mental health-related articles for lay audiences in diverse venues including Psychology Today, the HuffPost, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun and the National Post. Whitley is also a video-producer and film-maker, and has produced several documentaries and short fictional films related to men’s mental health that have been featured in film festivals across North America. His research has been financially supported by a variety of public and private funding bodiesincluding the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada and Movember. He is currently a Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé Senior Research Scholar

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