Men and Mental Wellbeing ‐ Encouraging Gender Sensitivity
2006; Emerald Publishing Limited; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1108/13619322200600034
ISSN2042-8758
Autores Tópico(s)Sex and Gender in Healthcare
Resumoach June International Men’s Health Week has a different focus and the topic for this year was men’s emotional wellbeing. In England events were held at both local and national levels with a well-attended conference, entitled Mind your Head, at which the Men’s Health Forum’s 2006 policy document on men’s emotional wellbeing and the Haynes Brain Manual (Banks, 2006) were launched. The latter has contributions from 46 organisations including the National Institute for Mental Health in England, the Department of Health, the Football Association, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Papyrus, the Mental Health Foundation, Water UK, Age Concern, the Samaritans, the Stroke Association and the Royal Mail. The main importance of these events is the recognition that men’s mental health warrants more attention than it receives at present. Next year the Gender Equality Act 2006 comes into force with a general duty that applies to all public and private bodies providing a public service which, in practice, will ‘require public authorities – as employers or service providers – to actively consider whether they are treating women and men fairly and meeting their different needs’ (DTI, 2005). Within this paper I wish to explore whether men do experience and express their emotional wellbeing differently to women and, if so, why this may be the case. I will then go on to discuss how the mental health services can become more sensitive to the needs of men and develop more appropriate responses. E Men and their mental wellbeing
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