A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945-1980

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-20Open Access

3. Psychological Illness and General Practice

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   Pages 21-56Open Access

4. Mental Health at Work: Misconceptions and Missed Opportunities

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   Pages 57-81Open Access

5. Men, Alcohol and Coping

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   Pages 82-98Open Access

6. Pharmacological Solutions

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   Pages 99-122Open Access

7. Special Cases: Sick Doctors and Ethnic Presentations of Psychological Illness

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   Pages 123-143Open Access

8. Conclusion

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   Pages 144-151Open Access

9. Back Matter

   Pages 152-215

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This book is open access under a CC BY license and explores the under-researched history of male mental illness from the mid-twentieth century. It argues that statistics suggesting women have been more vulnerable to depression and anxiety are misleading since they underplay a host of alternative presentations of 'distress' more common in men.

• Mental illness
• gender
• masculinity
• psychosomatic illness
• alcoholism
• suicide
• general practice
• history
• alcohol
• anxiety
• coping
• depression
• health
• pharmacology
• stress
• women

• University of Exeter, UK

  Ali Haggett

Ali Haggett is Research Fellow at the Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter, UK. Her research has focused on the history of gender and mental disorders and her previous work includes: Desperate Housewives, Neurosis and the Domestic Environment (2012). She is particularly interested in the relevance of history to current debates about mental illness.