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Masculinities and suicide
Across the globe, suicide and parasuicide present an interesting paradox: while ... sciences theorises gender as singular female or male ‘personalities’ or ‘schemas’ – what Kimmel ... containers’. This view of gender suggests that there are male or...
An unhelpful dissection?
... but it becomes immediately clear that this play is about suicide, and more specifically women’s/mothers’ suicide. ... drugged and had sex with the 15-year-old brother of his (male caring and calm) friend, a junior doctor; and Bonnie is ... As...
The unheard victims
... What do we currently understand about the needs of male sexual abuse survivors? What can service providers offer ... or at best rare with the result that service provision for male survivors has been considered unnecessary. Indeed, the ... Alarmingly, 19 out of...
Psychologist suicide: Practising what we preach
... such as Petruska Clarkson (Lees, 2006), who committed suicide in 2006, and Jon Driver just last year. For some readers, discussing psychologist suicide may be painful: many of our readers will know and ... they found that from 1960 to 1969 suicide...
'Even the bleakest moments are not permanent'
... the full title is When It Is Darkest : Why people die by suicide and what we can do to prevent it . It’s trying to ... are by men. Why is that, and what do we understand about male suicide? This is such an important question. Although ... in...
Priorities in male psychology
... ‘For’, I was ecstatic to see the ratification of a new Male Psychology Section at the Annual General Meeting of the ... that warrant our immediate attention. The first is ‘male mental health’ and the high male suicide rate, as...
Shining a light on the scourge of suicide
Professor Green: Suicide and me BBC3 Produced and directed by Adam Jessel If I ... his brave attempt to ‘shine a light on the scourge of male suicide in Britain’, and to help him ‘move on to a ... 6000 people a year die by suicide...
Digest
A study of suicide notes left by children and young ... Psychology and Psychiatry In 2010 more people died by suicide than were killed in war, by murder, or in natural ... and her colleagues' fourth and final study in which a male actor...
Being a Man - putting life before death
Why a special feature of The Psychologist on male psychology? It would perhaps be better – especially at ... pressure in our society not to write about or study the male gender too closely. As psychologists, it is, however, ... but if we consider the preponderance...
Engaging with the emotional lives of men
... do seek help there is evidence that less extreme forms of male distress may routinely go unrecognised (Swami, 2012), ... provide some examples from a range of recently developed male-specific services that stretch the boundaries of the ... Tragically, there...
Inclusivity and diversity… and men
... in the UK, and yet psychological research into the male gender as a factor in suicide is still relatively rare. This same inattention also ... are men more likely to seek help if they have access to male-friendly services, and (b) would having...
Murder-suicide: are we up to the challenge?
... ultimately recorded as ‘unlawful killings’, and the suicide was recorded as such. Astonishingly, it is relatively ... and suicide. The majority of perpetrators of M-S are male (>90 per cent), and victims are most commonly a female ......
Striking similarities in personal stories
... quirk of programming, two different documentaries about suicide were recently broadcast within 24 hours of each ... as well as striking similarities in personal stories of suicide. Whilst I knew who Caroline Flack was, I was only ... as well as himself,...
Moving beyond the ‘disadvantage stakes’?
... June ) questions the aim behind our proposal to form a Male Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. ... letter is actually helpful in illustrating precisely why a Male Psychology Section is so badly needed. If Jankowski’s ... need to be...
Toxic acts, not toxic masculinity
Carol Murphy’s letter in the April issue (‘ Murder-Suicide: are we up to the challenge? ’) raises some interesting questions about the male gender. We applaud this, particularly as she kept an ... edition ]. As committee members of the newly formed Male...
Men's mental healthcare – striving for better reach
... men die' (Angst & Ernst, 1997). The staggering and rising male suicide rate would look to confirm this statement, if it ... to lay a groundwork of trust, respect and rapport with a male client is poor attendance, premature dropout, a...
Challenging the illusion that men don’t need help
... to their clinical experience. I have learned to see male psychology as the Cinderella (Cinder Fella?) of the ... In fact it is likely that we collectively experience ‘male gender blindness,’ which makes it more difficult for ... has allowed elephants in the...
‘Informal families like ours seemed unaccounted for’
... Their conditions increase the risk of self-harm and suicide. It was, and remains, vital they could come to my own ... at risk of suicide. Prior to the pandemic in 2019, male and female suicide rates in England and Wales were at...
Leaping into another’s shoes
... the diversity of the population. In this instance, a male may have a more nuanced insight into the issues that men ... of issues specific to that demographic. Baker notes that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK, and 75 per cent of suicides...
How do we define masculinity?
... (June issue) to Carol Murphy’s letter about murder-suicide in the April issue. This seems unscientific. The fact ... perpetrated by men is low, is not enough to say male gender conditioning has nothing to do with it. The ... which is close to zero. Therefore...
More male psychologists?
... to add to the discussion that the issue of the lack of male psychologists is much more urgent than simply ... specific needs of the job (Jarrett, 2011). There are fewer male psychologists than female; obviously the gender ... Well, men appear to need...
Looking Back: Masculinity and mental health - the long view
... professional and personal pressures. The literature on male psychological and emotional disorders is equally sparse. ... scholars of gender studies have broadly tended to assume a male norm and focus consequently on ‘femaleness’ and ... Wilkins, 2009). Alcohol...
A tyranny of its own?
... boys and men’. The problem with men and the answer to male problems is, according to the APA, concerned with what ... extreme stereotypical behaviors – not simply being male or a “traditional male” – that may result in ... proficiency in...
Notes from a weather observer
... it is perhaps not surprising that 95 per cent of them are male. Many keep their own weather records, and most observers ... thoroughness, and accuracy of our records. This kind of male obsession fits well with Simon Baron-Cohen’s ... from major depression later...
Unveiling the female autistic profile
... Baron-Cohen on empathising, systemising and the ‘extreme male brain’ theory. However, such theories have been highly ... that diagnostic procedures have been developed mainly from male samples. In fact, Thompson and colleagues (2003) ... M., & Baron-Cohen,...