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oapen-20.500.12657-298332021-11-12T15:58:12Z Chapter 1 Psychological Illness and General Practice Haggett, Ali anxiety disorders depressive disorders affective disorders male psychological illness gender mental illness bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This has been consistently so throughout the post-war period with current figures suggesting that women are approximately twice more likely to suffer from affective disorders than men. However, this book suggests that the statistical landscape reveals only part of the story. Currently, 75 per cent of suicides are among men, and this trend can also be traced back historically to data that suggests this has been the case since the beginning of the twentieth-century. This book suggests that male psychological illness was in fact no less common, but that it emerged in complex ways and was understood differently in response to prevailing cultural and medical forces. The book explores a host of medical, cultural and social factors that raise important questions about historical and current perceptions of gender and mental illness. 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T12:39:12Z 2016-01-06 23:55 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T12:39:12Z 2020-04-01T12:39:12Z 2015 chapter 1000116 OCN: 1076787775 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29833 eng application/pdf n/a Psychological Illness and General Practice - A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945–1980 - NCBI Bookshelf.pdf Springer Nature A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945–1980 Palgrave Macmillan 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 e9ba2ffc-13e9-4f76-a284-cfab7527932b d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd Wellcome Palgrave Macmillan 215 Basingstoke 1 91661 Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This has been consistently so throughout the post-war period with current figures suggesting that women are approximately twice more likely to suffer from affective disorders than men. However, this book suggests that the statistical landscape reveals only part of the story. Currently, 75 per cent of suicides are among men, and this trend can also be traced back historically to data that suggests this has been the case since the beginning of the twentieth-century. This book suggests that male psychological illness was in fact no less common, but that it emerged in complex ways and was understood differently in response to prevailing cultural and medical forces. The book explores a host of medical, cultural and social factors that raise important questions about historical and current perceptions of gender and mental illness.
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Psychological Illness and General Practice - A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945–1980 - NCBI Bookshelf.pdf
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Psychological Illness and General Practice - A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945–1980 - NCBI Bookshelf.pdf
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Psychological Illness and General Practice - A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945–1980 - NCBI Bookshelf.pdf
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psychological illness and general practice - a history of male psychological disorders in britain, 1945–1980 - ncbi bookshelf.pdf
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