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Mid-life men struggle with identity, have higher suicide risk
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
Sep 20, 2012.
Middle-aged men from disadvantaged backgrounds are 10 times more likely to commit suicide, often because they have lost a sense of identity and masculine pride… “While suicide is mental health issue…. it is also a social and health inequality issue. This is unjust and unreasonable… we need to acknowledge that men are different to women and design services to meet their needs, so they can be more effective.”
Tags: Health, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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