This Handbook represents the first concerted effort to understand male mental health in a way that facilitates a positive step forward in both theory and treatment. An alarming number of men experience serious mental health issues, as demonstrated by high rates of suicide and violent offending. Despite these problems, the study of male psychology has either been overlooked, or viewed as a problem of defective masculinity. This handbook brings together experts from across the world to discuss men's mental health, from prenatal development, through childhood, adolescence, and fatherhood. Men and masculinity are explored from multiple perspectives including evolutionary, cross-cultural, cognitive, biological, developmental, and existential viewpoints, with a focus on practical suggestions and demonstrations of successful clinical work with men.
Throughout, chapters question existing models of understanding and treating men's mental health and explore new approaches, theories and interventions. This definitive handbook encapsulates a new wave of positive theory and practice in the field of male psychology and will be of great value to professionals, academics, and those working with males through the lifespan in any sector related to male mental health and wellbeing.

Explores current debates around male psychology Takes a lifespan approach to male psychology Addresses how positive steps forward can be taken for male mental health

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John Barry is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Honorary Lecturer in Psychology at University College London, UK. He is co-founder of the Male Psychology Network, and the Male Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. Roger Kingerlee is a consultant clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Kingerlee specialises in male and veteran psychologies and complex trauma. He is co-writer of the Veterans' Stabilisation Programme with The Walnut Tree Project, and a member of the Male Psychology Network.Martin Seager is a consultant clinical psychologist with the UK charity Change, Grow, Live. He spent over 30 years as a senior clinician, supervisor and manager in the NHS. He is a writer, lecturer, broadcaster and activist in the mental health field and co-founder of the Male Psychology Network, and the Male Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society.Luke Sullivan is a clinical psychologist. He is the founder of Men's Minds Matter, and also works for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, specialising in psychological crisis interventions for people at risk of suicide. He is a committee member of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance and co-founder of the BPS Male Psychology Section.

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Foreword; Matt Englar-Carlson.- Section 1: THEORY.- Part 1: Developmental Perspective.- 1 From Fetuses to Boys to Men: the impact of testosterone on male lifespan development; John Barry, Becci Owens.- 2 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a case study and exploration of causes and interventions; Bijal Chheda-Varma.- 3 Autism in Boys & Girls, Women and Men throughout the Lifespan; Patricia van Wijngaarden-Cremers.- 4 The Challenges for Boys and Men in 21st Century Education; Gijsbert Stoet.- 5 Deconstructing Dad; Rob Hadley.- 6 Impact of Father Absence on Child Mental Health: Three Possible Outcomes; Andrew Briggs.- Section 1, Part 2 Cultural, Evolutionary, and Social Perspectives.- 7 The Gender Distortion Matrix; Martin Seager, John Barry.- 8 Positive Masculinity: Including Masculinity as a Valued Aspect of Humanity; Martin Seager, John Barry.- 9 Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Challenge to the Gendered Paradigm; Nicola Graham-Kevan, Deborah Powney.- 10 Men's Health and Cancer - the case of prostate cancer; Ken Gannon.- 11 May the Force of Gender Be With You: Identity, Identification and Own-Gender Bias; Nathan Hook.- 12 From Hegemonic to Responsive Masculinity: the transformative power of the provider role; Belinda Brown.- 13 Games People Play: The collapse of masculinities and the rise of masculinity as spectacle; Damien Ridge.- 14 From Stereotypes to Archetypes: An evolutionary perspective on male help-seeking and suicide; Martin Seager.- 15 The Gaze: The Male need to Look vs the Female need to be seen An Evolutionary Perspective; Jennie Cummings-Knight.- 16 We are Warriors: The Psychology of Men at War; Rod Eldridge, Ed Fraser.- Section 2: PRACTICE.- Part 1 Working with children and adolescents.- 17 Working with Adolescent Males: Special Consideration from an Existential Perspective; Miles Groth.- 18 Angry Young Men: Interpersonal Formulation of Anger to Effect Change; Peter Cairns, Lawrence Howells.- 19 Improving the Mental Health and Well-being of Excluded Young Men; Clare Holt, Sally Zlotowitz, Olive Maloney, Mark Chentite.- Section 2, Part 2: Working with Adults in Mental Health.- 20 Help-seeking Among Men for Mental Health Problems; June S.L. Brown, Ilyas Sagar-Ouriaghli, Luke Sullivan.- 21 Counselling Male Military Personnel and Veterans: Addressing Challenges and Enhancing Engagement; Duncan Shields, Marvin Westwood.- 22 Hope in the Face of Despair: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Working with Suicidal Ideation in Men; André Bolster, Azi Berzengi.- 23 Practising Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) With Male Civilians and Male Veterans; Roger Kingerlee.- 24 Of Compassion and Men; Joanna Smith, Sunil Lad, Syd Hiskey.- 25 Opening a Dialogue: Using Cognitive Analytic Therapy with Depressed Men; Roger Kingerlee, Jane Cawdron, Conrad Barnard.- 26 Working with Homeless Men in London: A Mental Health Service Perspective; James Duffy, Andrew Hutchison.- 27 Mentalizing and Men's Mental Health: Helping Men to Keep Mind in Mind in Clinical Settings; Helena Crockford, Marco Pellegrini.- 28 Working With Men in Crisis: a psychological framework for crisis intervention in Home Treatment Teams; Luke Sullivan, Christopher Whiteley.- 29 Masculine Identity and Traumatic Brain Injury; Ruth MacQueen, Paul Fisher.- 30 Dignifying Psychotherapy with Men: developing empathic and evidence-based approaches that suit the real needs of the male gender; John A. Ashfield, Dennis S. Gouws.- 31 Reconnection: Designing Interventions and Services with Men in Mind; Roger Kingerlee, Gabriel Abotsie, Andrew Fisk, Luke Woodley.- 32 What are the Factors that Make a Male-friendly Therapy?; Louise Liddon, Roger Kingerlee, Martin Seager, John Barry.