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mental health is a psychological wellbeing or absence of mental illness which effects around 20% of the world's children and adolescence, around half of them begin before the age of 14. About 800000 people commit suicide every year and is the second leading cause of death in 15-19-year old's.



Despite existence of effective treatments for mental disorders there is still a belief that they’re untreatable or people with mental illness are not intelligent or incapable of making decisions which can lead to abuse, rejection and isolation.



‘In the last 15 years suicide rate for men has increased over16%’

‘18-22 veterans take their life everyday’

‘in 2016 5677 suicides were recorded in Great Britain, 75% of these were male, 25% were female’

‘1 in 8 men are diagnosed with a common mental disorder at any one time’

As you can see these statistics are about men. Men are pressured by society to not share their feelings and are stereotyped as the ‘breadwinners’ of the family. And that they display what would be perceived as masculine traits for example strength, dominance and control. A research suggests that these stereotypes negatively impact men’s mental health. Due to these stereotypes men and mental health can be overlooked as men don’t like talking about their problems to other people as it might make them seem ‘weak’. Men have been found to be less likely to access psychological therapies than women. Men may also be less likely to confide in family or friends about their problems and choose to use potentially harmful coping methods such as drugs or alcohol.