ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2017
Injury, Interiority, and Isolation in Men's Suicidality.
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- The role of perceived social norms in non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2023Article
- Social isolation and suicide risk: Literature review and perspectives.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Review
- Men, suicide, and family and interpersonal violence: A mixed methods exploratory study.Sociology of health & illness · 2022Article
- The Gendered Dimensions of Photovoice in Men's Health Promotion Research.Health promotion practice · 2022Article
- The Male Experience of Suicide Attempts and Recovery: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Leveraging the social network for treatment of social anxiety: Pilot study of a youth-specific digital intervention with a focus on engagement of young men.Internet interventions · 2020Article
- Men's Depression and Suicide.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
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- Internet Gaming Disorder: An Emergent Health Issue for Men.American journal of men's health · 2018Review
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- Invisibility Is Not Invincibility: The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Gay, Bisexual, and Straight Men's Mental Health.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
Men's high suicide rates have been linked to individual risk factors including history of being abused as a child, single marital status, and financial difficulties. While it has also been suggested that the normative influences of hegemonic masculinities are implicated in men's suicide, the gendered experiences of male suicidality are poorly understood. In the current photovoice study, 20 men who previously had suicidal thoughts, plans, and/or attempts were interviewed as a means to better understanding the connections between masculinities and their experiences of suicidality. The study findings revealed injury, interiority, and isolation as interconnected themes characterizing men's suicidality. Injury comprised an array of childhood and/or cumulative traumas that fueled men's ruminating thoughts inhibiting recovery and limiting hopes for improved life quality. In attempting to blunt these traumas, many men described self-injuring through the overuse of alcohol and other drugs. The interiority theme revealed how suicidal thoughts can fuel hopelessness amid summonsing remedies from within. The challenges to self-manage, especially when experiencing muddled thinking and negative thought were evident, and led some participants to summons exterior resources to counter suicidality. Isolation included separateness from others, and was linked to abandonment issues and not having a job and/or partner. Self-isolating also featured as a protection strategy to avoid troubling others and/or reducing exposure to additional noxious stimuli. The study findings suggest multiple intervention points and strategies, the majority of which are premised on promoting men's social connectedness. The destigmatizing value of photovoice methods is also discussed.
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