Book contents
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 The Developmental Context and Developmental Disorders
- Section 2 Body Image and Anxiety Disorders
- Section 3 Suicidality and Mood Disorders in Men
- Section 4 Violence, Sociopathy, and Substance Misuse in Men
- Chapter 15 The Mental Health of Men Who Offend
- Chapter 16 The ‘Mad and the Bad’ behind Bars
- Chapter 17 Domestic Violence and Men’s Mental Health
- Chapter 18 Alcohol and Substance Misuse in Men
- Section 5 Physical and Mental Health Overlap
- Section 6 Mental Health of Men in Later Life
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Alcohol and Substance Misuse in Men
from Section 4 - Violence, Sociopathy, and Substance Misuse in Men
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 The Developmental Context and Developmental Disorders
- Section 2 Body Image and Anxiety Disorders
- Section 3 Suicidality and Mood Disorders in Men
- Section 4 Violence, Sociopathy, and Substance Misuse in Men
- Chapter 15 The Mental Health of Men Who Offend
- Chapter 16 The ‘Mad and the Bad’ behind Bars
- Chapter 17 Domestic Violence and Men’s Mental Health
- Chapter 18 Alcohol and Substance Misuse in Men
- Section 5 Physical and Mental Health Overlap
- Section 6 Mental Health of Men in Later Life
- Index
- References
Summary
There are considerable differences between men and women when it comes to substance use and misuse. In general, men commence alcohol and other substance use earlier than women (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime [UNODC] 2015). The prevalence and the characteristics of alcohol and drug use also differ when comparing men to women. In addition, across the world, men still outnumber women with regard to alcohol and other drug treatment (UNODC, 2015). Box 18.1 summarizes substance use in males and the chapter then takes a lifespan approach to substance use substance use disorders in males.
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- Comprehensive Men's Mental Health , pp. 191 - 198Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021