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Abstract：
The use of tailored language, which involves a clinician\'s ability to adapt communication styles and employ accessible terms and concepts, has long been touted as key to engaging men with mental health services. Metaphors are one communication device that can provide men with ways through which to meaningfully express themselves and communicate their mental distress experiences. Using qualitative photovoice research, the current study examined how New Zealand-based men (n = 21) communicatively constructed their meaning of mental distress through metaphors. Analysis of interview data was used to derive three metaphor groupings men consistently drew on to articulate their lived experiences: metaphors of emotions (darkness and weight), metaphors of survival (battle and entity), and metaphors of disembodiments (debility and entrapment). The findings highlight the power of metaphors as a tool for men in communicating their experiences of mental distress and are valuable for health professionals to contemplate across an array of contexts. The implications and importance of a metaphor-enriched perspective for engaging men in professional health care settings and services are discussed.
摘要：
使用量身定制的语言，这涉及临床医生适应沟通风格和采用可访问的术语和概念的能力，长期以来一直被吹捧为男性参与心理健康服务的关键。隐喻是一种沟通手段，可以为男性提供有意义地表达自己并传达其精神困扰经历的方式。使用定性的photovoice研究，当前的研究调查了新西兰男性（n=21）如何通过隐喻交流地构建其精神困扰的含义。对访谈数据的分析被用来得出三个隐喻分组，男人一直在利用它们来表达他们的生活经历：情感的隐喻（黑暗和体重），生存的隐喻（战斗和实体），和反常的隐喻(虚弱和诱捕)。这些发现强调了隐喻作为男性交流精神困扰经历的工具的力量，对于卫生专业人员在各种情况下进行思考是有价值的。讨论了隐喻丰富的视角对男性参与专业医疗保健环境和服务的含义和重要性。
