By Alan Lyme, LCSW, CAP

Part I of a series on addiction and gender issues.

 

On Being a Man: Addiction and Gender.

Here are some startling facts about men in the United States:

1. The majority of children abused, neglected, and murdered are boys.

2. Most of the children in foster-care, shelters, and juvenile institutions are boys

3. 75% of student suspensions, expulsions, grade failures, special education referrals, school violence casualties, and all other assault victims are boys.

4. 70% of suicides are boys/men.

5. 75% of teenage suicides are boys.

6. 80% of the homeless are boys/men.

7. 70% of drug addicts/alcoholics are men.

8. 80% of homicide victims are men.

9. 93% of prison inmates are men.

10. 99% of executed prisoners are men (in the last decade, 700 men and 10 women)

In Part 2 we will examine how these statistics relate to alcohol and drug addiction for men. We will also examine the gender specific treatment implications

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