Tareen Rahman :
A survey was carried out by the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to study the rate of depression amongst men. The study showed that one out of 10 men suffer through anxiety and depression and only 41pc of those men seek medical attention or refer themselves to a doctor.
The survey was done on more than twenty thousand men aged between 18 and 44. During the survey, men were questioned about their feelings of anxiety and depression, and regarding the health treatments that they were going through, their race and if they had any health insurance , etc.
The survey concluded with the report that most of the men refuse to get any medical attention. They also reported that about 6pc of non-Hispanic black men go through depression as compared with 8 pc non-Hispanic white men.
Although the number of black men undergoing depression and anxiety is less but still, they are also less interested in seeking medical attention. The social pressure may be the cause of this as concluded by some doctors.
The lead author of the study and associate director of science at NCHS, Stephen Blumberg said, “We suspect that there are several social and cultural pressures that lead black and Hispanic men to be less likely than white men to seek mental health treatments.”
Apart from the social factor, it was also seen that a large number of black men could not afford the medical treatment due to the poor financial condition. Studies showed that about 39 pc of the non-Hispanic black men are not medically covered and don’t have any health insurance while 13pc of the white men afford full medical treatment as well as health insurance.
The scientists have suggested that the United States Health Department and the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) should structure their system in such a way that even the deprived class of the society can afford medical treatments and health insurance.
Scientists at CDC have decided to make more efforts to study the social burdens that non-Hispanic black men are exposed to. According to them, patients that belongs to this class of society refuse to undergo medical treatments because they are troubled with the judgments that might be accredited to them.
A survey was carried out by the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to study the rate of depression amongst men. The study showed that one out of 10 men suffer through anxiety and depression and only 41pc of those men seek medical attention or refer themselves to a doctor.
The survey was done on more than twenty thousand men aged between 18 and 44. During the survey, men were questioned about their feelings of anxiety and depression, and regarding the health treatments that they were going through, their race and if they had any health insurance , etc.
The survey concluded with the report that most of the men refuse to get any medical attention. They also reported that about 6pc of non-Hispanic black men go through depression as compared with 8 pc non-Hispanic white men.
Although the number of black men undergoing depression and anxiety is less but still, they are also less interested in seeking medical attention. The social pressure may be the cause of this as concluded by some doctors.
The lead author of the study and associate director of science at NCHS, Stephen Blumberg said, “We suspect that there are several social and cultural pressures that lead black and Hispanic men to be less likely than white men to seek mental health treatments.”
Apart from the social factor, it was also seen that a large number of black men could not afford the medical treatment due to the poor financial condition. Studies showed that about 39 pc of the non-Hispanic black men are not medically covered and don’t have any health insurance while 13pc of the white men afford full medical treatment as well as health insurance.
The scientists have suggested that the United States Health Department and the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) should structure their system in such a way that even the deprived class of the society can afford medical treatments and health insurance.
Scientists at CDC have decided to make more efforts to study the social burdens that non-Hispanic black men are exposed to. According to them, patients that belongs to this class of society refuse to undergo medical treatments because they are troubled with the judgments that might be accredited to them.
