Understanding how men experience, express and cope with mental distress: Where next?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-159

  Ridge, Damien ^a   Emslie, Carol ^b   White, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distress; Masculinities; mental health; Performativity; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78651317943     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01266.x     Document Type: Review

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