Help seeking is definitely part of the problem. UK charity "The Campaign Against Living Miserably"[1] and Australian charity(?) "Soften The Fck Up" both campaign to make it easier for men to talk about mental health and to seek help. UK charity "Time to Change" has a number of campaigns to destigmatise mental health, some of which are targeted at men.
But in the UK there has been a rise in rate of suicide amoung people already known to MH services, so we need to be a bit careful not to put all the "blame" on help seeking behaviours.
(I'm interested in other anti-stigma organisations, where ever they're based and whatever demographic they target.)
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Help seeking is definitely part of the problem. UK charity "The Campaign Against Living Miserably"[1] and Australian charity(?) "Soften The Fck Up" both campaign to make it easier for men to talk about mental health and to seek help. UK charity "Time to Change" has a number of campaigns to destigmatise mental health, some of which are targeted at men.
But in the UK there has been a rise in rate of suicide amoung people already known to MH services, so we need to be a bit careful not to put all the "blame" on help seeking behaviours.
(I'm interested in other anti-stigma organisations, where ever they're based and whatever demographic they target.)
[1] Calmzone is currently banned from Facebook. I don't know why. https://www.thecalmzone.net/
http://softenthefckup.com.au/ -- they don't censor the word on the website.
http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/