Psychology’s medicalization of male baldness

Jankowski, Glen; Frith, Hannah

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“…For example, participants estimated 25% of AGA research was commercially biased when evidence has found at least 66% is. 4,5 Commercial influences abound in the AGA 'information landscape' generally.…”

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“…Practitioner roles are further challenged by the widespread presence of AGA commercial influences. Approximately 70% of popular hair loss Facebook pages are funded, written or influenced by businesses 3 as is more than 60% of hair loss research 4,5 . For example, Alfonso et al 6 conducted an international study on the psychosocial impact of AGA published in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion (hereafter referred to as the Alfonso study).…”

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“…Approximately 70% of popular hair loss Facebook pages are funded, written or influenced by businesses 3 as is more than 60% of hair loss research. 4,5 For example, Alfonso et al 6 conducted an international study on the psychosocial impact of AGA published in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion (hereafter referred to as the Alfonso study). It has been cited 159 times according to Google Scholar (as of June 5, 2023) and is funded by Merck.…”

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AGA practitioner challenges: A mixed‐methods pilot survey

Jankowski,

Kranz

2023

J of Cosmetic Dermatology

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BackgroundAndrogenetic alopecia (AGA) practitioner care may be hampered by commercial biases and hair loss' omission from most medical curricula.Aim and MethodBetween November 2020 and September 2021, 34 AGA professionals (86% British; 62% trichologists), participated in a pilot, mixed‐methods, survey. Practitioner views on: 1a–1j) AGA's commercial influences (e.g., participants were quantitatively assessed on their understanding of a popular, commercially‐funded, AGA study) and 2a–2h) constraints on evidenced‐based AGA responding (e.g., ethical dilemmas) were assessed. Quantitative responses are reported descriptively whilst qualitative responses are categorized alongside illustrative quotes.ResultsOn average, (1a–1d) 42% of participants were misled by the popular AGA study and (1e) participants underestimated the extent of commercial biases in AGA research as 25%; (2a–2e). Participants also indicated that AGA treatment limitations and misinformation ethically challenged them (e.g., “[It's difficult to know when] to treat or not without being able to confirm the outcome”). (2c) Most (77%) indicated society played a powerful role in exacerbating AGA distress (e.g., “Society is hyper critical of appearance”) and 30% indicated greater “treatment” accessibility was needed: (e.g., “hair loss product [should] give clear indication of what the active ingredients are and how effective they are”).ConclusionsDespite the limited sample size, these finding cohere with previous identified challenges of the AGA practitioner role. Evidence based guidance and research scrutiny tools would help practitioners overcome such challenges.

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AGA practitioner challenges: A mixed‐methods pilot survey

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Kranz

2023

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“…Many concerns previously perceived as normal human differences or problems have now been defined as tractable illnesses that can benefit from diagnosis and often lifetime drug taking (Conrad 1992, Deyo and Patrick 2005, Moynihan and Cassells 2005. These include shyness and sadness (Horwitz andWakefield 2007, Lane 2007), tallness in girls (Rayner, Pyett et al 2010), baldness in men (Jankowski and Frith 2021) and many, many more normal human differences and phases of life. Le Fanu has described galloping medicalisation as an iatrogenic catastrophe (Le Fanu 2018).…”

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Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction

Chapman¹

2022

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ISBN 9781743328538 paperback ISBN 9781743328545 epub ISBN 9781743328590 pdf Contents xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1 How do most people quit other addictions? 12 2 How we study quitting smoking: a critical look 56 3 Quitting unassisted: before and after "evidence-based" methods 79 4 The modest impact of most popular interventions 5 "Don't try to quit cold turkey" 6 Vaping to quit: the latest mass distraction 7 Insights from qualitative research with unassisted quitters 8 Strategies for reducing smoking across populations 9 Controlling tobacco supply and the endgame References Index ixIt is over 45 years since I first became engaged with questions about how best to reduce tobacco use across populations and the diseases that this causes. Across this time I have met, often worked with and become close friends with many of the best minds in international tobacco control. Seventeen years of that time were spent being deputy editor (1992-97) and then editor (1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008) of Tobacco Control, the world's first research journal entirely dedicated to reducing tobacco use and the diseases it causes. During those years, it was a rare day when I was not reading and editing one or more of the thousands of papers that were submitted to the journal, even on Christmas Day. There are very few long-term researchers active across the many disciplinary and sub-topic fields of tobacco control whose most important work I've not read.Trying to list and thank everyone who has ever influenced my thinking about tobacco control is an almost boundless task. But the following people are those to whom across different times -including during the writing of this book -I owe a huge collective debt in many ways:

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“…Much prior, often pharmaceutically sponsored, research investigated the detrimental effects of MPBits onset, duration, degree, etc.on subjective well-being and the distress-reducing effects of MPB treatment (for an overview, see Frith & Jankowski, 2023). An entire industry thrives on selling anti-MPB drugs and thus has a strong interest in proving not only the dermatological but also the psychological effectiveness of MPB treatment (Jankowski & Frith, 2022). There has been limited research, however, on psychological factors underlying men's baldness distress.…”

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Perfectionism and Baldness Distress in Men

Kranz,

Razum,

Jankowski

2024

European Journal of Psychology Open

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Introduction: Against the backdrop of increasing body image concerns among men, the present study examined two factors that might underlie men’s baldness distress: rigid perfectionism and anxiety about physical aging. Methods: An international sample of 355 men with varying degrees of baldness and an age range of 19 to 64 years were surveyed. Results: As hypothesized, participants scoring high in rigid perfectionism showed higher levels of baldness distress. This association was partially mediated by anxiety about physical aging. The mediation was not further moderated by participants’ age, degree and duration of baldness, cultural context, or racial identity, which underlines the generalizability of results. Discussion and Conclusion: The discussion centers around the partial rather than complete mediation by aging anxiety and implications of the findings for supporting balding men in the public health domain.

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Psychology’s medicalization of male baldness

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AGA practitioner challenges: A mixed‐methods pilot survey

AGA practitioner challenges: A mixed‐methods pilot survey

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Perfectionism and Baldness Distress in Men

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