Perceived Social Support and Coping Mechanisms Facilitating Mental-Health Help Seeking among Adult Aged Men

Abstract

Mental health a common problem for all but why does its seeking assistance change when it comes to men. This research delves into the critical role of perceived social support & coping mechanism which facilitates into mental health help seeking among adult men. Mental health services are not being fully used by males, even after having higher rate of developing them. There are many other factors which comprehends in affecting men’s mental health help seeking but these two factors “Social Support” “Coping Mechanisms” have been considered the primarily factor for affecting help seeking behavior. It mainly focuses on the fact that strong social support will allow men to be confident about expressing their struggles, emotions and feelings and decrease their fear of getting judged. Negative coping styles such as denial, alcohol or substance use are often seen as way of tolerating stress among men. Nevertheless, these actions worsen issues and raise the death risk for men. The main focus of this research paper is understanding these perspectives better and focusing on breaking stigma about men’s mental health and promote increased social support and healthy coping mechanisms among men, in order to promote their help seeking nature.