{"product_id":"man-kind-tools-for-mental-health-wellbeing-and-modernizing-masculinity-9781421444550","title":"Man Kind: Tools for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Modernizing Masculinity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe author offers a new definition of masculinity that emphasizes collaboration, resource utilization, and mental resilience, and provides a road map for fostering these qualities. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 264 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 21 February 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Masculinity requires a redesign. Men exhibit higher rates of suicide, lower rates of help-seeking, higher rates of substance use and abuse, and higher rates of anger and violence. How can this change? In Man Kind, counseling psychologist Zachary Gerdes, PhD, provides a framework for improving men's mental health and well-being while redefining what it means to be masculine. Rather than following a traditional view of masculinity focused on stoicism, patriarchy, and self-reliance, Gerdes provides his LIFT model—a road map to help men foster collaboration, understand when and how to utilize resources, and build mental resilience and flexibility. In this empowering book, Gerdes:  • helps men understand their thoughts and behaviors from a psychological perspective  • provides steps to help men change behaviors that are detrimental to their health and relationships  • outlines a model for healthy masculinity that incorporates psychological and relational practices for improving well-being  • includes strategies for improving cognitive insight, elevating emotionality, revitalizing relationships, and overcoming oppression and oppressiveness  • illustrates how certain behaviors are not necessarily masculine but merely the result of social conditioning  • explains the latest psychological and social science research on gender identity and masculinity to provide a scientific foundation for improving men's mental health  • operates on the Leverage, Insight, Freedom, Truth (LIFT) model, which Gerdes developed as an intervention to improve various health outcomes in men.  Man Kind is a groundbreaking guide that provides men with the tools they need to improve their mental health and well-being. Masculinity requires a redesign. Men exhibit higher rates of suicide, lower rates of help-seeking, higher rates of substance use and abuse, and higher rates of anger and violence. How can this change? In Man Kind, counseling psychologist Zachary Gerdes, PhD, provides a framework for improving men's mental health and well-being while redefining what it means to be masculine. Rather than following a traditional view of masculinity focused on stoicism, patriarchy, and self-reliance, Gerdes provides his LIFT model—a road map to help men foster collaboration, understand when and how to utilize resources, and build mental resilience and flexibility. In this empowering book, Gerdes:  • helps men understand their thoughts and behaviors from a psychological perspective  • provides steps to help men change behaviors that are detrimental to their health and relationships  • outlines a model for healthy masculinity that incorporates psychological and relational practices for improving well-being  • includes strategies for improving cognitive insight, elevating emotionality, revitalizing relationships, and overcoming oppression and oppressiveness  • illustrates how certain behaviors are not necessarily masculine but merely the result of social conditioning  • explains the latest psychological and social science research on gender identity and masculinity to provide a scientific foundation for improving men's mental health  • operates on the Leverage, Insight, Freedom, Truth (LIFT) model, which Gerdes developed as an intervention to improve various health outcomes in men.  Man Kind is a groundbreaking guide that provides men with the tools they need to improve their mental health and well-being. Masculinity requires a redesign. Men exhibit higher rates of suicide, lower rates of help-seeking, higher rates of substance use and abuse, and higher rates of anger and violence. How can this change? In Man Kind, counseling psychologist Zachary Gerdes, PhD, provides a framework for improving men's mental health and well-being while redefining what it means to be masculine. Rather than following a traditional view of masculinity focused on stoicism, patriarchy, and self-reliance, Gerdes provides his LIFT model—a road map to help men foster collaboration, understand when and how to utilize resources, and build mental resilience and flexibility. In this empowering book, Gerdes:  • helps men understand their thoughts and behaviors from a psychological perspective  • provides steps to help men change behaviors that are detrimental to their health and relationships  • outlines a model for healthy masculinity that incorporates psychological and relational practices for improving well-being  • includes strategies for improving cognitive insight, elevating emotionality, revitalizing relationships, and overcoming oppression and oppressiveness  • illustrates how certain behaviors are not necessarily masculine but merely the result of social conditioning  • explains the latest psychological and social science research on gender identity and masculinity to provide a scientific foundation for improving men's mental health  • operates on the Leverage, Insight, Freedom, Truth (LIFT) model, which Gerdes developed as an intervention to improve various health outcomes in men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 499g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 x 24 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781421444550\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zachary Gerdes","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44099083337978,"sku":"9781421444550","price":19.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1677846034447_book.jpg?v=1677918855","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/man-kind-tools-for-mental-health-wellbeing-and-modernizing-masculinity-9781421444550","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}