Debate: Don't mind the gap - why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?
Journal
Child and adolescent mental health
ISSN: 1475-357X
Titre abrégé: Child Adolesc Ment Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101142157
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2023
05 2023
Historique:
accepted:
27
02
2023
medline:
17
4
2023
pubmed:
11
4
2023
entrez:
10
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is a substantial gender gap in common mental health difficulties such as depression and anxiety, and evidence on drivers of this gap is sparse. Yet, the current tendency in the field is to treat it as inevitable, and its drivers are rarely examined as a worthwhile question to pursue. We discuss possible reasons for this oversight, while highlighting the need to reform research priorities and systems to ensure this issue receives the investment and interest necessary to inform better prevention and support. We emphasise the need to meaningfully engage with women on the gender mental health gap to better inform investigations into salient drivers and, in turn, efforts toward change. We challenge the research community to question such pervasive disinterest in this large inequality disproportionately affecting over half the population, to prevent and narrow this for future generations.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Comment
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
341-343Commentaires et corrections
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Informations de copyright
© 2023 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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