Mental health is a serious and growing concern for men and women. But how both of them experience it, understand, and are treated can be very different. The society, biology, and culture have created these differences along with the way how both of these genders expresses emotions. 

This blog is about the main differences in the treatment of the mental health bwtween the men and the women. It makes easy to treat if you understand the differences between both mental haelth.

At Koohi Goth hospital we are making it sure that both men and the women get the support for the mental health they need.

Who suffers more from the mental health illness?

Depression and anxiety is more likely to be diagnosed more in women as compared to the men. Well well suffers from substance abuse aggressive behaviour and suicidal thoughts more than women.

Men die by suicide more frequently even though women are diagnosed more often. Therefore this shows clearly that that men try to hide their problems which makes it more difficult while  women often  seek help.

How Men and Women Express Mental Health Issues?

The next thing that we cannot ignore is how each general shows signs of mental health problems:

Speaking of women shows emotions like sadness crying and fear.  the often prefer talking about their feeling that ask for help.

Meanwhile, in contrast, men do not often feel to share their emotions.  or if the show the show them differently for example instead of saying that they are feeling depressed, they become angry and aggressive. They often cope by turning to different forms of addiction, such as drugs, alcohol, or excessive screen time..They would complain about their physical pain, like headaches and tiredness.

 Because both gender shows different emotions and behave differently, it makes it common for men’s mental health problems to be missed or misunderstood.

Seeking Help: Who goes to therapy?

Women are more likely to visit a doctor or therapist when it comes to asking for help as compared to men. This is usually because women feel comfortable talking about their feelings.

Men think it is a sign of weakness to ask for therapy, and that’s why they prefer to hide it. They prefer to handle it alone and to stay quiet. These things make the treatment harder because they usually wait too long before seeing a therapist.

The Role of Stigma in Mental Health:

The reason behind these differences is the social stigma.  The men in our society and in many other cultures are taught to be strong and emotionless. When they are very young, they keep on listening that crying or feeling weak is unmanly.  These beliefs that are being fed into the minds of men are very dangerous, and they stop them from getting the mental health support they need.

 Not only men also women face this stigma.  The people in the society start calling them emotional or overdramatic when to speak up for their mental health.

How Treatment Differs Between Genders?

Men and women receive different types of treatments:

Doctors often treat women’s mental health with therapy sessions, medication, and group support. Meanwhile, they usually give men only medication and tell them to manage it themselves, without any emotional support.

The treatment that focuses on talking about emotions, past traumas, and relationship stress often benefits women. In contrast, practical goals, physical activity, and structured therapy that do not require any emotional sharing are often given to men.

Biological Differences and Mental Health:

There are biological reasons why mental health affects men and women differently:

Hormonal changes, especially during menstruation, pregnancy or menopause affect women’s mental health.

When men show lower levels of emotional expression, it may be linked to brain chemistry and hormones like testosterone.

While biology plays a part, mental health outcomes are frequently more influenced by environmental and social factors.

Challenges in Access and Diagnosis:

There is a problem with bias in the healthcare system. Doctors often ignore women’s mental health symptoms and do not take them seriously. They often say that women are just having stress.

Similarly, doctors also misdiagnose men because they don’t. Show normal signs of depressions. These all the things leads to the misdiagnoses. Or even no treatment.

Real Life Impact:

Doctors treat women more often because of all the conditions discussed above. But in this case the risk of being over medicated lies.

The habit of men delaying this thing and not talking about this leads to the worse outcomes like suicide or addiction.

What can we do?

• Raise awareness about the gender differences in mental health
• Provide separate programs for men and women if needed
• Train staff to recognize hidden symptoms
• Offer support groups where people feel safe and heard
• Encourage both men and Women to seek help without fear or shame.

Final Thoughts:

Many things have shaped the difference in mental health between men and women, like society, culture, biology, and personal beliefs.

It’s time to break the silence and social stigma. And there’s a need to offer gender sensitive care that treats both men and women differently.

Koohi Goth Hospital is offering all the support for mental and physical well-being. Its time to work together and break these old social stigma for the healthy society.