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Canada Desperately Needs A New Approach To Men's Mental Health by Dr Whitley in HuffPost

Published: 1 April 2019

A public inquiry can tell us how our mental-health system can better serve men and boys.

A recent special issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry devoted three papers to men's mental health. The statistics summarized in these papers are shocking, leading some commentators, including the Canadian Mental Health Association, to conclude that there is a silent crisis of men's mental health.

For example, statistics indicate that over 50 Canadian men per week die by suicide, making up over 75 per cent of total suicides. Similarly, over 1 million Canadian men suffer addiction issues, and men make up over 80 per cent of fentanyl and opioid overdose deaths.

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