Talk:Mental disorders and gender

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References

The World Health Organization has many publications relating to women and mental health here.

Should this article also include information about other mental disorders such as autism? Autism is for times more common in males than females. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.10.16.97 (talk) 00:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

The citation for schizophrenia says no marked difference exists, but he link goes to a page the first reference of which clearly identifies schizophrenia as 50% more common in males, which seems like a marked difference. I think that is clear evidence of purposive bias on the page.73.168.192.141 (talk) 04:09, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Edited Mental Disorders and Gender

Hey, Wikipedia users I have edited this wiki page. I have really tried to fix a lot of mistakes, please can you review my work. As for the citations, I have access to paid websites and I have tried to find articles. It seems as though it is difficult to find articles. Please do help me out to fix this wiki page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annoyin Magician (talk • contribs) 03:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

I have done a bit more cleanup. The major problem remains that many of the statements in this article are unreferenced. If the references can't be found to support them, they should be removed. Ashleyleia (talk) 22:06, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Uncited claims

I'm fixing one glaring inaccuracy on the prevalence of borderline personality disorder, but someone with more time needs to sit down with the literature and sort this page out. It could be a great resource on how mental health is expressed differently between men and women. Dogen83 (talk) 20:15, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

WikiEdu Editing

Hello. We are users Mhf55, Laf78, and Karanungan888, who have chosen to edit this page for a Wikiedu class. We noticed that the article lacked evidence and research for gender differences in mental health among women and men as well as within the LGBT+ community. In addition, we added the causes of these gender disparities in mental disorders. Before our intervention, these areas were not sufficiently explored within the page.

We also edited the introduction to better explain the content of the page. Our contributions have only provided what we believe to be the foundation of the page, and we suggest for more research within gender disparities across other mental illnesses, other gender identities, other racial and ethnic identities, and across ages. Karanungan888 (talk) 22:09, 3 April 2019 (UTC) Karanungan888 (talk)

Hey, Wikipedia users, as part of a work project in my Culture, gender and health class, our group (Mhf55, Laf78, and Karanungan888) edited the page. I (Mhf55)focused on the causes of gender disparities in Mental Disorders. After reading the existing content to extract the relevant information for this part of the article, I kept two of the existing subsections: Biological differences and Differences in Coping Mechanisms. For these two sub-sections, I worked on the structure, made a couple edits to make the tone more neutral and actualize the sources.

Then, I added 3 sections that correspond to 3 factors of gender disparities in mental disorders. First the prevalent violence against women (divided in two sub-sections: domestic violence and sexual violence). Second the gender/racial bias in medical diagnosis (mostly based on our reading of the “Yellow Wallpaper” and “How hysteria became a black disease”). Finally, how socio-economic disparities between male and females affect gender disparities in mental disorders. I also made sure to cross-link with other existing and relevant wiki-pages.

What I am still working on: I am trying to add some informations and give a space to the specific issues faced by the LGBTQ community.

Thank you, (User:Mhf55) 04/03/19

Image and media evaluation The images do not improve the article at all. I think there could be more images that are more visually appealing and contain more information on the subject. This is definitely an area of improvement that could strengthen the article and make it more attractive for future readers. Especially dealing with a modern topic that has a lot of relevancy in today's world, the site should appear more modern. Catebenitez25 (talk) 03:33, 11 February 2020 (UTC)User catebenitez25

Suggestions

Hello, we are mgj41 and jencsp. We reviewed this article for a WikiEdu project for a class called Medicine, Race, and Gender where we explored the disparities in the medical field in regards to racial and gender-based issues.

What can be changed:

We completed a thorough analysis of the article--with the goal of applying an intersectional lens. We compiled a list of suggestions that would help not only refine the topic but also promote sensitivity/awareness. We believe it is crucial to advocate for marginalized identities, especially in the field of medicine. First, we thought it was necessary to add a description or definition for gender so that the reader could contextualize the information presented in the piece. We also thought it was important to comment on Sigmund Freud’s background, especially his beliefs on traditional patriarchy and evolutionary values. The article does not mention how Freud protected and insisted on women's biological differences, roles, norms, and submissiveness/relegation to the private sphere, which would be key to understanding how “feminized” mental disorders and gender are. We would restructure the section “Biological Differences" to emphasize that these are hypothetical. Ideally, the article would address the causes of gender-specific risk factors early on so that the reader could approach the information with a critical lens. Once these risk factors were established, then it could be useful to mention socioeconomic disadvantages and explain how gender wage gaps or labor participation gaps were perpetuated by the state and by patriarchal society. This context would later highlight how and why women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety and other mental disorders. Though, there should be some comments and analysis on the influence of socialization and environmental factors on these mental illnesses. Finally, the article needs to elaborate on LGBTQ+ POC and how all mental illnesses and care are complicated according to the minority stress model. The article fails to address disability at any point when mentioning women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ communities, which is alarming given that disability impacts these other identities.

Why changes are necessary:

These changes are extremely important in ensuring maximum reception of the article. As this article is long and straightforward, this can complicate the process of dealing with such sensitive issues. It is important to highlight these issues and discussion on gender to clarify the connection between the two. These changes will add to the modernity and accessibility of the article. In addition, looking at the article from a more intersectional approach will get readers to question why healthcare was shaped the way it is and why so much of its influence comes from the “normals”. This will in turn help push readers to see mental health trends as a systematic failure rather than a fault of the individual.

Additional sources:

Cyrus, K. (2017). Multiple minorities as multiply marginalized: Applying the minority stress theory to LGBTQ people of color. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 21(3), 194-202.

Kuehner, C. (2017). Why is depression more common among women than among men?. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4(2), 146-158.

McLean, C. P., & Anderson, E. R. (2009). Brave men and timid women? A review of the gender differences in fear and anxiety. Clinical psychology review, 29(6), 496-505.

Gonzales, M. C., Jain-Chandra, M. S., Kochhar, M. K., Newiak, M. M., & Zeinullayev, M. T. (2015). Catalyst for change: empowering women and tackling income inequality. International Monetary Fund.

Schafer, R. (2019). Problems in Freud’s Psychology of Women. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 67(3), 503-526.

Tyler, Nichola and Miles, Helen and Karadag, Bessey and Rogers, Gemma (2019) An updated picture of the mental health needs of male and female prisoners in the UK: prevalence, comorbidity, and gender differences. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology . ISSN 0933-7954.

WHO 2020 Report - https://www.who.int/mental_health/media/en/242.pdf

Yu S. (2018). Uncovering the hidden impacts of inequality on mental health: a global study. Translational psychiatry, 8(1), 98. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0148-0Mgj41 (talk) 21:41, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Sections 1.1-1.3.1

I edited sections 1.1-1.3.1. I stayed with the framework from before with the content of these sections, though I must say the structure of this page is deeply unorganized. Had I had the resources to redo this page in the way it should have been, these sections probably would not exist. Almost all facts before my edits were uncited, incorrect, or both. I have revised these sections with peer-reviewed scientific studies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alannacronk (talk • contribs) 02:34, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Why Koreans commits suicide

Koreans have many things in their lives especially as celebrities. But we don't actually see this because all we care about is if we could do things that could only benefit us and we don't think about them. Example:Suga(Min Yoongi) almost committed suicide becouse of the pressure that he cannot be around his family but thanks to Jin(Kim Soekjin) Suga is who he is today.

But what I'm trying to say is you should think why Korea has so many people diying everyday is because they have many personal issues and they cannot handle them so the best way for them is to forget all of the problems by just committing suicide. If you are a Korean and you are facing tough times just learn from looking at someone's past like me reading Min Yoogni's past actually saved me from committing suicide 💔 41.114.131.248 (talk) 22:42, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Schizophrenia

"There are no marked gender differences in the diagnosis rates of disorders like schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder." This sentence contradicts claims in the article on Sex differences in schizophrenia. I don't have time to dive into this now, but I suspect the claim on this page is wrong, or at least misleading. If the view above is controversial, it shouldn't be stated as categorically as it is now. One of the sources is dead. The other seems to support the claim, but would then presumably contradict the sources on the other page. I hope someone with knowledge on this topic can straighten things out. Ornilnas (talk) 20:42, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

This page gets way too off topic

This entire page is about Mental Disorder disparities in gender, not Mental Disorders between homosexual/heterosexual individuals. While I understand it would be more interesting to take demographics such as the LGBTQ+ and talk about mental disorders they have at more frequent rates, it's not the point of the article (as so I'd assume, the name of the article is "Mental Disorders and Gender" after all). The word "men" appears less than the term "LGBT" in this article. Do Wikipedians have the inability to differentiate sexuality and gender now? Come on guys, we can do better than this. MountainJew6150 (talk) 04:53, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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