Stressed sex : uncovering the truth about men, women, & mental health /
Uncovering the truth about men, women, & mental health
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman.
- First edition.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (278 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Differences between men and women in mental health: what does the data tell us? -- Introduction: the stressed sex? -- Number crunching: the pattern and prevalence of psychiatric problems -- Digging deeper into the data -- Differences between men and women in mental health: what are the reasons? -- Emotional disorders -- Alcohol and drug problems -- Less common problems: eating disorders, antisocial personality disorder, and autism -- Conclusion: putting the pieces together.
Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems. The Stressed Sex sets out to answer a simple, but crucial, question: are rates of psychological disorder different for men and women? The implications - for individuals and society alike - are far-reaching, and to date, this important issue has been largely ignored in all the debates raging about gender differences. Now Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman present a ground-breaking combination of epidemiological analysis and evidence-based science to get to the bottom of what's really going on. They discover which men.
9780191653162 9781299277038
Men--Mental health. Women--Mental health. Mental health--Sex differences. Mental illness. Sex factors in disease. Women--Health and hygiene. Mental Disorders Men's Health Sex Factors Stress, Psychological Women's Health