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Stigma in Male Depression and Suicide: A Canadian Sex Comparison Study

Stigma in men’s depression and suicide can restrict help-seeking, reduce treatment compliance and deter individuals from confiding in friends and family. In this article we report sex comparison findings from a national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians about stigmatized beliefs concerning...

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Autores principales: Oliffe, John L., Ogrodniczuk, John S., Gordon, Susan J., Creighton, Genevieve, Kelly, Mary T., Black, Nick, Mackenzie, Corey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4805721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26733336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9986-x
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Ogrodniczuk, John S.
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Black, Nick
Mackenzie, Corey
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description Stigma in men’s depression and suicide can restrict help-seeking, reduce treatment compliance and deter individuals from confiding in friends and family. In this article we report sex comparison findings from a national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians about stigmatized beliefs concerning male depression and suicide. Among respondents without direct experience of depression or suicide (n = 541) more than a third endorsed the view that men with depression are unpredictable. Overall, a greater proportion of males endorsed stigmatizing views about male depression compared to female respondents. A greater proportion of female respondents endorsed items indicating that men who suicide are disconnected, lost and lonely. Male and female respondents with direct personal experience of depression or suicide (n = 360) strongly endorsed stigmatizing attitudes toward themselves and a greater proportion of male respondents indicated that they would be embarrassed about seeking help for depression.
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spelling pubmed-48057212016-04-09 Stigma in Male Depression and Suicide: A Canadian Sex Comparison Study Oliffe, John L. Ogrodniczuk, John S. Gordon, Susan J. Creighton, Genevieve Kelly, Mary T. Black, Nick Mackenzie, Corey Community Ment Health J Original Paper Stigma in men’s depression and suicide can restrict help-seeking, reduce treatment compliance and deter individuals from confiding in friends and family. In this article we report sex comparison findings from a national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians about stigmatized beliefs concerning male depression and suicide. Among respondents without direct experience of depression or suicide (n = 541) more than a third endorsed the view that men with depression are unpredictable. Overall, a greater proportion of males endorsed stigmatizing views about male depression compared to female respondents. A greater proportion of female respondents endorsed items indicating that men who suicide are disconnected, lost and lonely. Male and female respondents with direct personal experience of depression or suicide (n = 360) strongly endorsed stigmatizing attitudes toward themselves and a greater proportion of male respondents indicated that they would be embarrassed about seeking help for depression. Springer US 2016-01-05 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4805721/ /pubmed/26733336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9986-x Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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