Men Do Not Seek Professional Help for Mental Problems
A recent YouGov survey showed that 45% of men are currently worried about their financial situation and 27% fear for their jobs. The situation is much better in case of women, prompting calls for the government to come up with a plan for dealing with men’s mental health problems.
The survey was commissioned by Mind, which is a UK based mental health charity. A report based on the survey also carried ten recommendations on dealing with men’s mental health problems.
Mind has urged that the treatment option for a particular patient should be selected only after taking gender into consideration. It also said that the New Horizons vision should have men’s mental health as one of its main concerns and a strategy should be formulated to deal with the problem by the department of health. The employers have also been asked to learn the warning signs of anxiety and stress in men and to come up with effective mental health policies in the workplaces.
The report showed that only 31% men were open about their mental health problems to their family, against 47% in case of women. Men were also half as likely to talk to their friends about these issues, as compared to women.
As many as 2.7 million UK males are victims of depression. The problem is accentuated because of the fact that men are also much less likely to discuss these issues with a health professional.
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