As you engage with this week’s discussion and with one another, be sure to read what has already been posted and then add substantively to the discussion. Time goes quickly, so remember to post early in the week! The first question is based on what you have learned so far in this course so that you can post immediately without having completed all of this week’s readings.

Share a personal experience that answers the following questions, keeping within your own comfort level.

1. Has anyone ever made an assumption about how you were expressing your feelings or behaving based on your gender? How did you feel when that happened?

After you have reviewed the readings and viewed the videos in this module, please respond to the following questions:

2. Imagine that you are a healthcare professional with a patient who reports having difficulty in coping with stress. Consider this patient from two perspectives, a patient who identifies as a male and a patient who identifies as a female. Based on what you read and viewed in the videos, consider your expectations regarding:Stress symptomsNegative coping behaviors, such as substance abuse, alcoholism, etc.Use of the mental health system

3. What would you say is the value of evaluating someone’s mental health from the perspective of gender-based behavior? What is the risk?

For information about writing your discussion posts, consult Discussion Tips. Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you post it. When you are ready to make your initial posting, please click on the “Create Thread” button for a new thread, or “Reply” to respond to a previous post, copy/paste the text from your document into the message field and click “Submit.”

Discussion participation is worth 40% of your course grade. You will be graded according to the SHS Discussion Rubric.hapter 4: Payne, S. (2006). The Health of Men & Women. Polity Press: Malden, MA.Westly, E. (2010). Different Shades of Blue. Scientific American Mind, 21(2), 30-37. Scelfo, J., Springen, K., & Carmichael, M. (2007). Facing darkness. Newsweek, 149(9), 42-49. Keiser Family Foundation. (2012). Percentage of Adults Reporting Poor Mental Health by Gender.Module Notes: Mental Health

View:Required: [15:00 total play time]Youtube (2013). Women and Alcoholism [Video file] [02 min 44 sec]:Films on Demand. (2007). Men Get Depression: Stigma of Depression [Video file] [02 min 07 sec].Fora.tv: Brizendine, L. (2006). Women and Depression [Video file] [05 min 58 sec].Health and Beauty. (2014). How Stress Affects Men and Women [Video file] [02 min 45 sec].HuffPost Live. (2014). Stress: Putting Black Women At Risk For Obesity [Video file] [02 min 48 sec].OptionalYouTube: Men’s Health Research. (2013). Men’s depression and getting connected [Video file] [03 min 08 sec].ResearchChannel. (2008). Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue [Video file] [13 min 07 sec].