Summary
Contents
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Working with Men in Health and Social Care is an important and timely book that introduces the complex issues and debates involved in working with men in a range of professional settings. The authors locate academic and popular discourse on masculinities within the specific context of health and social care settings, critically analysing the theory and policy that underpin and inform practice, and continually linking theoretical frameworks to 'real-life' practice examples. Section 1 contextualises the topic with a discussion of gender theory, social policy and the occupational culture of relevant organisations Section 2 provides a summary of practice models, examining practice with men as individuals, as well as in groups, families and communities Section 3 is organised according to specific groups of service users and includes chapters on fathers, abusive men, physical and mental health, boys, and older men This thought-provoking and topical book will be essential reading for students and academics in social work, health care, probation, counselling, and allied disciplines, and for those facing the reality of working with men in their day-to-day practice.
Men's Mental Health
Men's Mental Health
Introduction
As Coyle and Morgan-Sykes (1998) have noted with reference to their research on the media, an important dimension within popular discourse on contemporary gender relations is that of the ‘crisis’ in men's mental health. This discourse links the supposed increase in mental health problems in men – especially the increase in young men's suicides in the West – with social changes in the wake of second-wave feminism. We should note at the outset that we believe a critical distance is essential here and that a wholesale swallowing of crude simplifications about social and psychological trends can lead to interventions which are not helpful because they are not attuned to the subtleties of lived experience. Gendered mental health and illness is ...
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