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COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a source of stress and have important mental health implications for all persons but may have unique implications for men. In addition to the risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, the rising COVID-19 death toll, ongoing economic uncertainty, loneliness fr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8267042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34229530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15579883211030021 |
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author | Ellison, Jennifer M. Semlow, Andrea R. Jaeger, Emily C. Griffth, Derek M. |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a source of stress and have important mental health implications for all persons but may have unique implications for men. In addition to the risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, the rising COVID-19 death toll, ongoing economic uncertainty, loneliness from social distancing, and other changes to our lifestyles make up the perfect recipe for a decline in mental health. In June 2020, men reported slightly lower rates of anxiety than women, but had higher rates of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. As of September 2020, men sought mental health care at a higher rate than women for family and relationships, with year-over-year visits up 5.5 times and total virtual mental health care visits monthly growth in 2020 was up 79% since January. Because men are not a homogeneous group, it is important to implement strategies for groups of men that may have particularly unique needs. In this paper, we discuss considerations for intervening in men’s mental health during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including current technology-based cyberpsychology options. |
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spelling | pubmed-82670422021-07-19 COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World Ellison, Jennifer M. Semlow, Andrea R. Jaeger, Emily C. Griffth, Derek M. Am J Mens Health Mental Health and Wellbeing The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a source of stress and have important mental health implications for all persons but may have unique implications for men. In addition to the risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, the rising COVID-19 death toll, ongoing economic uncertainty, loneliness from social distancing, and other changes to our lifestyles make up the perfect recipe for a decline in mental health. In June 2020, men reported slightly lower rates of anxiety than women, but had higher rates of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. As of September 2020, men sought mental health care at a higher rate than women for family and relationships, with year-over-year visits up 5.5 times and total virtual mental health care visits monthly growth in 2020 was up 79% since January. Because men are not a homogeneous group, it is important to implement strategies for groups of men that may have particularly unique needs. In this paper, we discuss considerations for intervening in men’s mental health during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including current technology-based cyberpsychology options. SAGE Publications 2021-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8267042/ /pubmed/34229530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15579883211030021 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Mental Health and Wellbeing Ellison, Jennifer M. Semlow, Andrea R. Jaeger, Emily C. Griffth, Derek M. COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World |
title | COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World |
title_full | COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World |
title_short | COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World |
title_sort | covid-19 and mental health: addressing men’s mental health needs in the digital world |
topic | Mental Health and Wellbeing |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8267042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34229530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15579883211030021 |
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