Man Kind: Tools for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Modernizing Masculinity
Zachary Gerdes, "Man Kind: Tools for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Modernizing Masculinity "
English | ISBN: 1421444550 | 2022 | 264 pages | EPUB | 1038 KB
English | ISBN: 1421444550 | 2022 | 264 pages | EPUB | 1038 KB
A ground-breaking guide that provides men with tools to improve their mental health and well-being.
Masculinity requires a redesign. Men exhibit higher rates of suicide, lower rates of help-seeking, higher rates of substance use and abuse, and higher rates of anger and violence. How can this change? In Man Kind, counseling psychologist Zachary Gerdes, PhD, provides a framework for improving men's mental health and well-being while redefining what it means to be masculine. Rather than following a traditional view of masculinity focused on stoicism, patriarchy, and self-reliance, Gerdes provides his LIFT model―a road map to help men foster collaboration, understand when and how to utilize resources, and build mental resilience and flexibility.
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