The stigma of stress

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Three out of four men in Britain say they would not go to the GP if they were under stress as they would be afraid that the GP would think that they are ‘unbalanced’ or ‘neurotic’.
There is a strong link to social factors, with stigma being stronger amongst working-class men. This may be a reason for men being three times more likely to have a drink problem than women. They may have been afraid to go to the doctor with a stress problem and tried to cope with it by drinking.
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