Tag: suicide
Footballers and mental health
The recent documentary about professional football players and suicide leaves no doubt about the intense pressures players face throughout their careers.
Creativity and Mental Illness – An Exercise in Clarification
The ‘tortured genius’ and ‘mad artist’ stereotypes that are so frequently deployed are both false and unhelpful and only serve to obscure the complexity of the issue.
The government must take the issue of suicide in older men seriously
It’s important it is to have a proper debate on mental health within men, to find out exactly what is happening on a societal level.
Male depression: the importance of being honest
The often unhelpful clichés of ‘big boys don’t cry’ and ‘what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger’ are etched onto the public consciousness and can be a big barrier to men seeking treatment for their mental conditions.
To good health!
We’d like to see increased education about the association between alcohol use and mental health in schools and youth clubs, and for health staff to advise patients about the dangers of excessive drinking to both their mental and physical health.
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