{"id":13608,"date":"2021-05-03T08:57:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T12:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=13608"},"modified":"2021-05-03T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:35:44","slug":"mental-health-monday-men-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/blogs\/2021\/05\/mental-health-monday-men-and-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Monday: Men And Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do a firefighter, police officer, US Air Force First Sergeant, college graduate and publisher have in common? They are all male and they have all suffered from serious depression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s estimated that up to 6 million American men have depression each year \u2013 about half the figure for women. But this gender disparity is being questioned, in the US and elsewhere. In focus groups conducted by the NIMH, \u201cmen described their own symptoms of depression without realizing they were depressed.\u201d They made no connection between their mental health and physical symptoms, such as headaches,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIn men, mental illness can be masked. We\u2019ve known for decades that women are more apt to recognize illness of any sort and go to their doctor. This doesn\u2019t mean women are healthier, but that some men just repress it. We believe a lot of somatization [symptoms] in men, for example, migraines, back pain, irritable bowel syndrome, is rooted in depression.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The consequences of masked depression can be devastating. \u201cToo many men out there are suffering,\u201d says Dr. Myers. \u201cThey\u2019re acting out the depression.\u201d Acting may take the form of hostility and irritability; verbal violence and abusiveness; drinking to excess; or womanizing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn cases of marital breakup, there is a very important link between the man\u2019s mental health and how the divorce goes,\u201d continues Dr. Myers, who is the director of the Marital Therapy Clinic at St Paul\u2019s Hospital in Vancouver. He says that when children are involved, and an ongoing relationship is maintained, the father better adapts to his changed circumstances. \u201cIf there\u2019s a complete severing, then men can become suicidal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with genetics and stress, MaleHealth.com points out that social and psychological factors can contribute to men\u2019s depression. Men\u2019s focus on competition and feeling powerful can be adversely affected by unemployment and the presence of women in the workplace. Physical illness, in particular a life-threatening condition, is another trigger for depression, since it directly impacts a man\u2019s sense of strength and status.<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more, visit\u00a0https:\/\/local1946.ca\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What do a firefighter, police officer, US Air Force First Sergeant, college graduate and publisher have in common? They are all male and they have all suffered from serious depression.\u00a0 It\u2019s estimated that up to 6 million American men have depression each year \u2013 about half the figure for women. But this gender disparity is","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":13609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2599,1664,2610,2611,2554,1577,2553,341],"class_list":["post-13608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","tag-carpenters-union","tag-covid-19","tag-depression","tag-hard-times","tag-men","tag-mental-health","tag-monday","tag-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 08:19:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/classicrock981.com\/blogs\/2021\/05\/mental-health-monday-men-and-depression\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13610,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608\/revisions\/13610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}