Men’s Mental Health
Addressing Men’s Mental Health
Why it matters and where to start
Over 85% of rough sleepers in the UK are men.
95% of people in prison in the UK are men.
60% of victims of violence in the UK are men or boys... and yet, there's no official government strategy to tackle violence against men and boys.
3/4 of people who die by suicide each year in the UK are men.
If we're serious about addressing men's mental health, we need to move beyond well-trodden assumptions that 'men don't naturally talk' or that ‘men are the architects of their own problems.’
If we’re serious about addressing men’s mental health, we need to ask better questions so that truly, we can safeguard the mental wellbeing of our sons, brothers, dads, uncles, male friends, husbands and partners. We need to ask questions like:
How do we actively support men who are struggling?
What are the barriers/prejudices/stigmas within our society which prevent many men from opening-up?
How do we help men to be the best version of themselves?
In this talk, we will explore:
Why men and boys are struggling, what the data says and what it means for the next decade.
The stigmas which hold men back from admitting they’re a victim in any scenario (finance, work, relationships).
The importance of psychological safety in helping men to talk, and how to create psychological safety.
Gender bias: what it is and why it’s bad news for both men and women.
Modern buzzwords: allyship, intersectionality, beta bias, gamma bias and toxic masculinity. What do they mean? Why do they matter? And how do they effect men?
The testosterone crisis: why testosterone is so important for male physical and mental health, why levels of testosterone are dropping in men and how to reverse the trend.
Fatherhood: how do we better support fathers? This includes understanding different groups of fathers/men, including: new dads, those who no longer live with their children, those caught in family court warfare and possibly the victims of Parental Alienation and men who are childless (not by choice). What is the latest research around paternity leave, fatherhood and closing the gender pay gap?
How do we redefine a masculinity which is fit for the 21st century?