Mental health of the male adolescent and young man: the Copenhagen statement
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Mental health of the male adolescent and young man: the Copenhagen statement Timothy R. Rice1 · Lesha D. Shah2 · Pilar Trelles1 · Shih‑Ku Lin3 · Dinne Skjærlund Christensen4 · Andreas Walther5,6 · Leo Sher7 Received: 26 December 2017 / Revised: 20 March 2018 / Accepted: 27 March 2018 © Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine 2018
Abstract Background Male adolescents and young men benefit when their mental health care is specialized to match their unique gendered and developmental needs. Sensitivity to the social circumstances of this population is important; additionally, the emerging ability to tailor care through knowledge gleaned from the intersection of psychiatry, neurology, and endocrinology informs care. Data sources This article summarized the views of six experts in the area of the adolescent and young adult male mental health. These experts were select members of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry’s Task Force on Men’s Mental Health. They convened to present two symposia on the topic of men’s mental health at the 13th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry (WCBP) in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2017. Results In these works, a special focus is paid to addictive disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, aggression, and brain development. Collectively, the authors present an argument for the merits of a male-specific model of mental health care to advance the overall well-being of this population. Conclusions Men’s mental health should be recognized as a social issue as much as a medical issue, with special attention paid to problems such as unemployment, familial disruption, and substance abuse. These problems, and especially those of major societal impact including violence and suicide which are much more frequently the product of male youth and men, should have more male-tailored options for service provision that respond to men’s mental health needs. Keywords Aggression · Development · Externalizing behaviors · Inpatient care · Men’s mental health · Testosterone
* Timothy R. Rice [email protected] 1
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Taipei City Hospital and Taipei Medical University, Taipei, China
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Department of Public Health, Center for Healthy Aging and Section of Environmental Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Biological Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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James J. Peters VA Medical Center and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Introduction At the 13th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry (WCBP) in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2017, select members of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry’s Task Force on Men’s Mental Health convened to present two symposia on the topic of men’s mental health. These symposia, entitled “Men’s mental health:
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