Lucy Barrass considers a recent review, which suggests that understanding masculine norms is a key area for suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Risk and recovery factors in male suicide: is society failing men?
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Introducing the Hope service: we need to provide practical support to men at risk of suicide
In his debut blog, Michael J. Wilson appraises a qualitative study, which examined service users, staff and stakeholder perspectives on a service helping to prevent suicide in men who are going through a crisis.
[read the full story...]Ask about alcohol use in adults affected by divorce, bereavement or illness
Sally Adams considers a recent Finnish longitudinal study, which examines heavy alcohol consumption before and after negative life events in late mid-life.
[read the full story...]Male suicide prevention: uncovering the challenges associated with “talking”
Cara Richardson explores a recent qualitative study conducted in Scotland, which finds that the contexts in which men talk about suicide are an important part of male suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Risk factors for suicide in men: new review highlights substance misuse, marital status and depression
Holly Crudgington summarises a recent systematic review and narrative synthesis of risk factors for suicidal behaviour in men, which finds that substance misuse, marital status and depression are the strongest risk factors.
[read the full story...]Many men do seek help prior to suicide, but are services adequately designed to assess men’s needs?
Cara Richardson summarises a qualitative photovoice study, which finds that some men who died by suicide did seek help before their death, but the help given was often ineffective.
[read the full story...]Masculinity, depression and suicide risk in men with a history of childhood maltreatment
In her debut blog, Cara Richardson explores whether masculine values are differentially linked to men’s mental health functioning, depending on exposure to childhood maltreatment.
[read the full story...]Self-harm in prison: can we accurately predict risk?
In her debut blog, Verity Wainwright looks into a recently devised screening tool, which tries to predict self-harm in male prisoners.
[read the full story...]How ARE you doing? A study of the mental health of men in the seduction community
Dave Steele summarises and critiques an ethnographic study using interviews and observations of the mental health of men in the seduction community.
[read the full story...]Treating men with eating disorders: do we need gender-specific care?
Una Foye explores the implications of a recent qualitative study of clinicians’ views on treatment adaptations for men with eating disorders.
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