How mental health affects different genders
This paper will look specifically at how gender can affect mental health.The alcohol dependence rate is less than half as high for women as for men.Women are almost twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression and attempt suicide 1.5 times as often as men, yet men die by suicide 3.63 times more often than women.But a large chunk of this mental health disparity is because autism presents differently in girls.Most research on gender and mental health compares all groups of men to all groups of women, rather than comparing within different subgroups.Mental illness affects different people in different ways.
Gender stereotypes in mental health are slightly different, and it more often than not, usually influences the way we look at mental illnesses too.Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed.Men and women with greater mental health literacy had a more positive mental health attitude.Provision of tailored mental health literacy education both for males and females could potentially improve the public's mental health attitude toward mental.Gender inequality disproportionately affects women and girls.Women at risk for further health issues
We notice autism about 4.5x more in boys.