Big boys don't cry: Depression and men

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Branney, Peter ^a   White, Alan ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ROLE THEORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

EID: 58049116165     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.106.003467     Document Type: Article

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