2018 — Engaging men in psychological treatment: a scoping review

What the study found

This scoping review synthesised 46 articles on engaging men in psychological treatment. It reported that delivering male-appropriate treatment requires clinicians to consider how masculine socialisation shapes both the client and the clinician themselves, and it highlighted practical adaptations drawn from the literature: process micro-skills such as self-disclosure and normalising, language adjustments such as male-oriented metaphors, and treatment styles that are collaborative, transparent, action-oriented and goal-focused. ^[1]

Why it matters here

Debates within the manosphere often hold that men's mental-health needs, including suicide risk, are overlooked. This review speaks to that concern from a clinical-research angle: it gathers a body of work focused specifically on why men tend to engage less with psychological treatment and on how services can adapt to reach them. Rather than asserting neglect, it frames the issue as a practical question of tailoring therapy to how many men present. It is cited on is male suicide ignored? as evidence that clinicians and researchers are actively studying how to engage men in care.