CrossCurrents: “The Strong Silent Type: Is Masculinity Bad for Men’s Mental Health?”

One of the biggest differences between men’s and women’s health is their respective use of health services. According to Statistics from Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health: 10% of men experienced symptoms of the surveyed mental health and addiction issues, compared to 11% of women. (Other statistics show that 4 of 5 suicides [...]

President of the American Psychoanalytic Association on Superbowl Images of Masculinity

Prudence Gourguechon, M.D., current president of the American Psychoanalytic Association, comments on the Psychology Today blog about the multiple images of masculinity at the Super Bowl: “the hypertrophied virility of the actual competitors, the symbolic virility of the technical designers, team owners and advertising execs, the castrated fellows being offered a desperate way out of [...]

2nd APA “Psychotherapy with Men” Conference Set for June 5, 2010

The Second National Psychotherapy with Men Conference is scheduled by the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (Division 51 of the American Psychological Association) for June 5, 2010 at the AT&T Conference Center of the University of Texas, Austin. Keynote speakers are Dr. Gary Brooks, Baylor University, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience [...]

Contact for the Clinical Affinity Group

For information regarding the AMSA Affinity Group on Clinical Issues in men’s studies, contact Stu Johnson