title: Looking for Mr. PG: masculinities and men's depression in a northern resource-based Canadian community.
abstract: Research has attributed the 'silent suffering' of men with depression to the influences of dominant masculine ideals such as strength and stoicism. Similarly, rural ideals - romanticized notions about rural places - have been shown to mute mental health issues and create barriers to help-seeking. This article examines the experiences of men with depression in Prince George, a northern resource-based community in British Columbia, Canada. Findings reveal how depressed men and their female partners enacted strategies to positively reinforce men's gendered sense of self, in a context that otherwise may render them 'out of place'. While favouring men's wellbeing, these strategies can also perpetuate an invisible geography of men's depression.
authors: School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, 302-6190 Agronomy Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3. stephanie.coen@mail.mcgill.ca
authors: Stephanie E
authors: SE
authors: Coen
authors: John L
authors: JL
authors: Oliffe
authors: Joy L
authors: JL
authors: Johnson
authors: Mary T
authors: MT
authors: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D062306:Geography, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D012424:Rural Population; D012649:Self Concept