Background: Men disproportionately experience the leading causes of death (eg, heart
disease, cancer), but are often hesitant to seek services for their health concerns …

Introduction It has been well established that men are not inclined to seek psychosocial
help. Although barriers preventing psychosocial help-seeking behaviors in men have been …

Objective: To examine the factors that influenced African American men's medical help
seeking. Method: Thematic analysis of 14 focus groups with 105 older, urban African …

Although the literature on men's help seeking offers important insights into health service
engagement patterns within this population, there remain gaps in our understanding. In …

This study explores how traditional masculine norms affect mental health help-seeking
attitudes in men residing in regional, rural, and remote Australia. Participants (N= 271) were …

Men seek mental health treatment less often than women. The present study sought to
elucidate identities and individual difference characteristics that are associated with …

In this study, we conducted interviews with 12 working-class men employed in industrial and
manual labor to identify their constructions of help-seeking in response to feeling depressed …

In New Zealand, poor mental health is a salient problem. We experience high suicide rates,
and this rate increases when the lens of being young, rural, and male are applied …

Underpinning a general pattern of higher suicide rates in men is the assumption that men do
not ask for help or utilize the health-care system during times of psychological distress …

Background It is commonly held that men delay help seeking because they are ignorant
about and disinterested in their health. However, this discussion has not been informed by …