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Gay, Irish, human rights advocate. Much therapeutic experience working with men who are suicidal, self-harming or otherwise traumatised. Doing my PhD on men's emotional problems,their help-seeking behaviours and what happens when they actually seek help. A long-term, pro-active interest in preventing child abuse and supporting the adult survivors of such abuse.
Strong Silent Types
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- July 15, 2010
- 05:26 AM
- 673 views
Men Order Big Steaks to Avoid Cupcake Outing
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Who would have thought that men put so much thought into not ordering fish but steak, bangers and mash but not strawberries and cream? Gal and Wilkie (2010) say more please and many men end up with perpetual tummy ache.... Read more »
Gal, D., & Wilkie, J. (2010) Real Men Don't Eat Quiche: Regulation of Gender-Expressive Choices by Men. Social Psychological and Personality Science. DOI: 10.1177/1948550610365003
- August 31, 2010
- 11:14 AM
- 661 views
Rewriting Masculine Gender Scripts...
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Gast and Peak (2010) think that 'masculine gender scripts' seriously frustrate men from seeking help for their health problems. ... Read more »
Gast J, & Peak T. (2010) "It Used to Be That if It Weren't Broken and Bleeding Profusely, I Would Never Go to the Doctor": Men, Masculinity, and Health. American journal of men's health. PMID: 20798142
- August 11, 2010
- 09:52 AM
- 656 views
Country Men Laud Stoicism and Suicide..
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Margaret Alston (2010) commits positivist heresy by daring to suggest that men on the land might kill themselves because of the very same masculine ideals which we all so much adore.... Read more »
Alston M. (2010) Rural male suicide in Australia. Social science . PMID: 20541304
- March 17, 2010
- 10:52 AM
- 601 views
Same-Sex Attraction Does Not Increase Suicide Risk...
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
A slightly convoluted but ultimately worthwhile study by Zhao et al. (2010), in which they both challenge the proposition that same-sex attraction leads to greater suicide risk, as well as plead with us all to stop thinking of GLB (their term) and its numerous alternatives, as one enormous homogenised blob. Their word of choice is 'oversimplify' (p.105).
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Zhao, Y., Montoro, R., Igartua, K., & Thombs, B. (2010) Suicidal Ideation and Attempt Among Adolescents Reporting “Unsure” Sexual Identity or Heterosexual Identity Plus Same-Sex Attraction or Behavior: Forgotten Groups?. Journal of the American Academy of Child , 49(2), 104-113. DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201002000-00004
- January 21, 2012
- 09:29 PM
- 600 views
Sex-Based Personality Differences Struggle to Exist
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
By drawing on a big sample from the US (circa 10,000 punters), the astonishing conclusion was reached by del Giudice et al. (2012) that there are 'extremely large' sex-based differences in personality. Now this revolutionary news upsets the alternative view, that is, that men and women are not that psychologically different, really. If men are truly born stuck with a dodgy set of personality traits, what does that mean for our bad behaviours?... Read more »
Del Giudice M, Booth T, & Irwing P. (2012) The distance between Mars and venus: measuring global sex differences in personality. PloS one, 7(1). PMID: 22238596
- October 16, 2010
- 07:08 PM
- 596 views
Making Fun of Gays is Such Fun...!
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
It would seem that overt acts of homophobic violence on campus might be in decline, replaced by a more insidious form of 'antigay' violence. In this study by Jewell and Morrison (2010), they ponder why it is that straight Canadian university students can hold, if not necessarily express, their homophobic attitudes.... Read more »
Jewell, L., & Morrison, M. (2010) "But There's a Million Jokes About Everybody . . .": Prevalence of, and Reasons for, Directing Negative Behaviors Toward Gay Men on a Canadian University Campus. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(11), 2094-2112. DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354499
- July 3, 2010
- 11:35 PM
- 555 views
Institutional Child Abuse Causes Immense Psychological Harm
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
While there is nothing really that new about the results gleaned by Carr et al. (2010) in their study of 247 adult survivors of institutional clerical abuse in Ireland, they do expand upon what is a surprisingly limited body of knowledge about ‘why’ this particular form of abuse lays waste to so many of its victims in such a hideous fashion. ... Read more »
Carr, A., Dooley, B., Fitzpatrick, M., Flanagan, E., Flanagan-Howard, R., Tierney, K., White, M., Daly, M., & Egan, J. (2010) Adult adjustment of survivors of institutional child abuse in Ireland☆. Child Abuse , 34(7), 477-489. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.11.003
- June 17, 2010
- 07:52 AM
- 554 views
DSM-IV-TR and the Fallacy of Diagnostic Labels
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Jacobs and Cohen (2009) worry that the DSM-V-TR pounds individual agency into submission, laying waste to personal stories and replacing them with generic yet unproven diagnostic labels.... Read more »
Jacobs, D., & Cohen, D. (2009) Does "Psychological Dysfunction" Mean Anything? A Critical Essay on Pathology Versus Agency. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 50(3), 312-334. DOI: 10.1177/0022167809352008
- May 4, 2010
- 08:31 AM
- 550 views
Sex Addiction as a Masculine Ideal
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Only briefly (at p.269) does Levine (2010) get close to why it is we can live in an era when hyper-sexuality in men is at once constructed as a terrible addiction and a masculine ideal. The great relief is that most men are not really sexually 'sick' at all.... Read more »
Levine SB. (2010) What is sexual addiction?. Journal of sex , 36(3), 261-75. PMID: 20432125
- June 4, 2010
- 09:26 PM
- 530 views
Coercing Depressed Men into Treatment Acceptance
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Why do most of us assume that it is necessarily a bad thing for men to resist treatment for their alleged depression? And why is it that when Rochlen et al. (2009) call for more men to accept such treatment, I immediately respond, why?... Read more »
Rochlen, A., Paterniti, D., Epstein, R., Duberstein, P., Willeford, L., & Kravitz, R. (2009) Barriers in Diagnosing and Treating Men With Depression: A Focus Group Report. American Journal of Men's Health, 4(2), 167-175. DOI: 10.1177/1557988309335823
- April 15, 2010
- 05:36 AM
- 528 views
Harsh Attitudes of Child Protection Workers
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Douglas and Walsh (2010) paint a not so pretty picture of what child protection workers think about their clients, particularly those battered mothers entangled in what are usually, extraordinarily complicated dynamics. The authors suggest several possible improvements, including better worker supervision, tougher police interventions, and more holistic service delivery for victims and their children.
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Douglas, H., & Walsh, T. (2010) Mothers, Domestic Violence, and Child Protection. Violence Against Women, 16(5), 489-508. DOI: 10.1177/1077801210365887
- January 26, 2012
- 08:09 PM
- 528 views
Narcissism Drains Men's Credibility
by ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
If you look at narcissism as being driven by men with fragile egos who act ever so defensively to hide the shame within you, in common with Reinhard et al. (2012), would have no trouble in claiming that the resultant defensiveness would lead to a rise in cortisol levels. However, cortisol is a chemical associated with many human emotions, from fear to rage, and narcissism is a troubled personality trait to which even the decidedly catholic DSM-V wants to bar entry...... Read more »
Reinhard, D., Konrath, S., Lopez, W. . (2012) Expansive Egos: Narcissistic Males Have Higher Cortisol. PLOS One, 7(1). info:/
- February 4, 2012
- 05:36 PM
- 527 views
The Common Origins of Homosexuality and Mental Illness
by ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Zietsch et al. (2012) argue that the 'dominant' minority stress explanation for why gay men are so depressed cannot explain how even in enlightened countries such as Norway, gay men remain so painfully low. Alternatively, they suggest a common but, as yet, not properly defined combination of etiological factors that cause both homosexuality and mental illness.... Read more »
Zietsch BP, Verweij KJ, Heath AC, Madden PA, Martin NG, Nelson EC, & Lynskey MT. (2012) Do shared etiological factors contribute to the relationship between sexual orientation and depression?. Psychological medicine, 42(3), 521-32. PMID: 21867592
- March 26, 2010
- 11:09 AM
- 519 views
Does Contact Cure Mental Illness Stigma?
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
A brief overview by West et al. (2010) on mental illness stigma, in which the authors call for more focused research to improve understanding of this most unpalatable social problem.... Read more »
West, K., Hewstone, M., & Holmes, E. (2010) Rethinking 'Mental Health Stigma'. The European Journal of Public Health, 20(2), 131-132. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq015
- January 29, 2012
- 01:56 AM
- 517 views
Drunken Escape Fuels Much Male Suicide
by ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Many men who commit suicide could be described as impulsive and in terms of what they seemingly, actually responded to, over the top. Shniedman (1993)called it 'psychache'. Here, Coleman et al. (2011) draw from Baumeister's 'escape theory' to jam together impulsivity, alcohol misuse and lots and lots of anger to conclude that many suicidal men get stuck on a thought, that is, the thought that they must die. Supposedly, this painted into a bad corner montage was inspired by traditional male gender roles.... Read more »
Coleman, D., Kaplan, M., & Casey, J. (2011) The Social Nature of Male Suicide: A New Analytic Model. International Journal of Men's Health, 10(3), 240-252. DOI: 10.3149/jmh.1003.240
- March 20, 2010
- 01:06 AM
- 511 views
Men Suffer for Too Much Small Talk
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Mehl et al. (2010) have started to tease out the possibility that deeper, more thoughtful conversations lead to greater happiness. I can't help thinking what this might mean for men, since most of us were raised on the masculine ideal that bland small-talk is the only way to go.... Read more »
Mehl, M., Vazire, S., Holleran, S., & Clark, C. (2010) Eavesdropping on Happiness: Well-Being Is Related to Having Less Small Talk and More Substantive Conversations. Psychological Science. DOI: 10.1177/0956797610362675
- August 16, 2010
- 08:19 PM
- 484 views
Combat Veterans Disabled by War
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
MacLean (2010) confirms that combat veterans can be disabled for life by their battlefield experiences, regardless of whatever 'pre-combat characteristics' they might have possessed.... Read more »
MacLean, A. (2010) The Things They Carry: Combat, Disability, and Unemployment among U.S. Men. American Sociological Review, 75(4), 563-585. DOI: 10.1177/0003122410374085
- April 23, 2010
- 12:13 PM
- 482 views
Men, Capitulation to Distress, and GP Visits
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
Tedstone Doherty and Kartalova-O'Doherty (2010) call for a 'gender sensitive approach' to mental health policies, promotion, and prevention. They base this strategy on their findings that men 'do' help-seeking differently to women and that we need to take account of this gender split when planning services, et al. ... Read more »
Tedstone Doherty, D., & Kartalova-O'Doherty, Y. (2010) Gender and self-reported mental health problems: Predictors of help seeking from a general practitioner. British Journal of Health Psychology, 15(1), 213-228. DOI: 10.1348/135910709X457423
- January 10, 2012
- 08:32 AM
- 476 views
Gay Men's Health Crumbling and Tumbling
by Ultimo167 in Strong Silent Types
We sometimes have to hit rockbottom before we realise how really wrong we are getting something. In that light, it goes without saying that harsh behaviours and attitudes thrust upon gay men by health professionals and others have been super resistant to positive change. Still, hope springs eternal and Isacco et al. (2012) start at the start by advocating for a process of evidence-based, critical inquiry.... Read more »
Isacco, A., Yallum, N., & Chromik, L. (2011) A Review of Gay Men's Health: Challenges, Strengths, and Interventions. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 6(1), 45-62. DOI: 10.1177/1559827611402580
- October 28, 2010
- 05:11 AM
- 475 views
Soldier, Fighting is So Manly...
by Ultmo167 in Strong Silent Types
Humphries (2010) explores how real world eventualities clashed with sociocultural and economic imperatives to create the great denial that soldiers fighting in the Great War had not been traumatised by their experiences.... Read more »
Humphries M. (2010) War’s Long Shadow: Masculinity, Medicine, and the Gendered Politics of Trauma, 1914-1939. The Canadian historical review, 91(3), 503-31. PMID: 20857589
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