Lovesick men are outnumbering women 9 to 1, according to new figures from a clinic specialising in treating broken hearts.
Baffled medical staff at the Relationship Crisis Clinic in Vienna announced 90 per cent of its patients during its first year of operation have been men.
Clinic director, psychologist Birgit Maurer, said: "We thought when we opened our clinic that it would be mainly women. But in fact our clients are almost exclusively male."
Counsellor Auguste Storkan added: "It seems as if men find it harder to deal with this than women."
"They feel unable to cope but also don't have the chance like women to talk to their friends because of the shame often linked with a failed relationship.
"If they mention it to their friends it's only in a superficial way and they desperately need someone to speak to," she added.
The average age of patients is between 35 and 45 and most are successful career-driven executives who suddenly discover they are failures at relationships.
The broken heart treatment sessions start off with a 90-minute consultation followed by repeated 50 minute sessions of advice and treatment. [rc]
Austrian Times
July 28, 2009
AUSTRIA: Men outnumber women at heartbreak clinic
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VIENNA, Austria / The Austrian Times / July 28, 2009
By Lisa Chapman
Lovesick men are outnumbering women 9 to 1, according to new figures from a clinic specialising in treating broken hearts.
Baffled medical staff at the Relationship Crisis Clinic in Vienna announced 90 per cent of its patients during its first year of operation have been men.
Clinic director, psychologist Birgit Maurer, said: "We thought when we opened our clinic that it would be mainly women. But in fact our clients are almost exclusively male."
Counsellor Auguste Storkan added: "It seems as if men find it harder to deal with this than women."
"They feel unable to cope but also don't have the chance like women to talk to their friends because of the shame often linked with a failed relationship.
"If they mention it to their friends it's only in a superficial way and they desperately need someone to speak to," she added.
The average age of patients is between 35 and 45 and most are successful career-driven executives who suddenly discover they are failures at relationships.
The broken heart treatment sessions start off with a 90-minute consultation followed by repeated 50 minute sessions of advice and treatment. [rc]
Austrian Times
Lovesick men are outnumbering women 9 to 1, according to new figures from a clinic specialising in treating broken hearts.
Baffled medical staff at the Relationship Crisis Clinic in Vienna announced 90 per cent of its patients during its first year of operation have been men.
Clinic director, psychologist Birgit Maurer, said: "We thought when we opened our clinic that it would be mainly women. But in fact our clients are almost exclusively male."
Counsellor Auguste Storkan added: "It seems as if men find it harder to deal with this than women."
"They feel unable to cope but also don't have the chance like women to talk to their friends because of the shame often linked with a failed relationship.
"If they mention it to their friends it's only in a superficial way and they desperately need someone to speak to," she added.
The average age of patients is between 35 and 45 and most are successful career-driven executives who suddenly discover they are failures at relationships.
The broken heart treatment sessions start off with a 90-minute consultation followed by repeated 50 minute sessions of advice and treatment. [rc]
Austrian Times
