Monday 22 August 2016

Taking It Like A Man Is Killing Our Men

You’ve probably seen it pop up in your Facebook feed over the past few weeks — men around the world taking photos of themselves doing the ‘okay’ symbol with their hand, while also nominating five of their mates to do the same thing.

You may have wondered what it was all about and if you read the copy that was alongside the photo, you would no doubt have found yourself shocked by the numbers. The movement is all about changing the conversation around mental health and raising awareness for suicide prevention.

In Australia, suicide is the biggest killer of Australian men aged 15 to 44, eclipsing road death, cancer and heart disease. Three times as many men compared to women take their own lives. For the full article click here 



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