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Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices

  • Whitley R
Springer International Publishing, (2021), 127-149
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86320-3_6
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Less than 50% of people with a mental illness use formal mental health services, with service-utilization rates significantly lower in men compared with women, even when controlling for the presence of mental disorder. This underutilization has typically been...

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Whitley, R. (2021). Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices. In Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health (pp. 127–149). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86320-3_6

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