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Jed Diamond, Ph.D.

My husband was recently diagnosed with depression, but it took over a year to convince him he had a problem. Is this denial common in men?

A "suck-it-up" culture means men often languish with depression. Recent research that I conducted on gender and depression shows that male depression tends to be under-diagnosed and under-reported. Further men tend to "act out" their depression through irritability and anger, and so don’t appear read more...

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Jed Diamond, Ph.D.

I heard that men are more vulnerable to the negative effects of stress than women. Is that true?

About 40 percent of American men and women are concerned about their stress levels, and about 34 percent describe themselves as "routinely overwhelmed by stress," according to a survey by Mental Health America, a nonprofit organization in Alexandria, Virginia, that is dedicated to helping read more...

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Bob Berkowitz and Susan Yager-Berkowitz

Men and Fidelity

There has been a lot in the news recently about men and infidelity. Why would a (seemingly happily) married man, like Governor Spitzer go to a prostitute when the consequences of being found out are so enormous? Or, to put it another way, even a man not in the public eye risks losing his family, reputation and job if found out. Why is that risk taken?

There are few things more devastating to a spouse than the betrayal of infidelity, and we can only imagine how intensified that devastation becomes when made public. However, there is a psychological difference between paid sex and other types of infidelity. Visiting a prostitute is usually only read more...

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