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This chapter covers the mind and body in Mens’ Health, including definitions of Mental Wellbeing, the mind and body in benign male conditions, male cancers, detecting and managing mental wellbeing problems.

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Acknowledgements

 Oliver Brunckhorst and Kamran Ahmed acknowledge research support from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation and funding from the King’s Medical Research Trust (KMRT). Kamran Ahmed further acknowledges funding from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, The Urology Foundation, CoptcoatCharity and the Pelican Foundation. Robert Stewart is part-funded by: i) the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London; ii) a MRC Mental Health Data Pathfinder Award to King’s College London; iii) an NIHR Senior Investigator Award; iv) the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London (NIHR ARC South London) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Brunckhorst, O., Stewart, R., Ahmed, K. (2022). Mind and Body in Mens’ Health. In: Goonewardene, S.S., Brunckhorst, O., Albala, D., Ahmed, K. (eds) Men’s Health and Wellbeing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84752-4_21

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