Men’s Mental Health and Work

Gender and sex have a considerable effect on an individual's experience of the workplace and their health.  While a lot of attention has been given to the effect, on women’s lives, of their increasing participation in the labour force, less attention has been paid to the changes that male workers have seen during the same period.  This report - by the Work Foundation in the UK - finds that: "evidence suggests that there may be a need to look at mental health and related support services through a 'male lens', incorporating the role of work as an important influence, and the workplace as a setting for providing support".  It also makes a series of recommendations aimed at employers, service providers and the government.  A copy of this report can be accessed at: www.theworkfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mens_mental_health_work.pdf