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Men and Mental Health

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Therapy for Men: How to Break Free from the Stigma and Get Support

Mental health awareness has grown tremendously in recent years—but despite this progress, men still seek therapy at much lower rates than women. According to data from the CDC, only 13.4% of men received mental health treatment in the past year, compared to 24.7% of women. This gap exists despite growing…
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Men And Mental Illness: It’s Okay Not To Be Okay

As men, we tend to believe that masculinity embodies and exhibits specific traits, characteristics, and values. These include autonomy, independence, achievement, courage, strength (which sometimes manifests as a desire to avoid the appearance of weakness), success, power, competition, emotional stoicism (which sometimes manifests as discomfort experiencing and communicating tender feelings),…