A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945-1980

• Main Author: Haggett, Ali (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2015
• Subjects: History of medicine; anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; affective disorders; male psychological illness; gender; mental illness; Alcoholism; General practitioner
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This has been consistently so throughout the post-war period with current figures...