title: Treatment preferences among men attending outpatient psychiatric services.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The assumption that men dislike psychotherapy has been espoused by clinicians, health care administrators, and those in the popular media. Whether this assumption holds true among help-seeking men has not been tested.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Treatment preferences of men attending outpatient psychiatric clinics were investigated to assess their willingness to engage in psychotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  In three different studies (total N = 407; 170 men), male and female outpatients completed various self-report measures that assessed their treatment preferences, as well as psychiatric symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Across all three studies, men indicated a preference for psychotherapy over medication or no treatment/wait and see; a preference pattern that did not differ significantly from that of women. The only between-sex difference to emerge regarding preferences was in study 2; a greater proportion of men preferred individual therapy over group therapy compared to women. There were no between-sex differences with regard to symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Contrary to assumptions that portray men, generally, as unwilling or uninterested to engage in psychotherapy, men that have sought mental health services appear to prefer psychotherapy as their intervention of choice to address their mental health problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sierra Hernandez
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliffe
authors.forename: Anthony S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Söchting
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ogrodniczuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology*