Family Issues, Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, Divorce

Men and divorce

Name: Men and divorce
Author: Michael F. Myers
ISBN: 9780898623864

by Michael F. Myers

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Overview

Most men experience significant difficulty coping with divorce yet, because they do not easily or directly ask for help, they often remain an under-served population among people in distress. Hiding behind a facade of well-being and self-reliance, they often express their pain and inability to cope through alcohol abuse, overwork, or criminal acts. Some experience physical symptoms, become depressed, and, in extreme cases of psychological trauma, commit suicide or homicide. Focussing specifically on men and their reactions to divorce in a wide array of circumstances, Dr. Michael Myers offers new insights and clinical strategies for professionals who treat men in the throes of marital dissolution.

About the Author, Michael F. Myers

Michael F. Meyers , M.D. is a Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Coordinator of Medical Student Interns in the Department of Psychiatry at University Hospital-Shaughnessy Site in Vancouver. A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association , the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, he has a half-time private practice in psychiatry.