Open house promotes awareness of men and suicide

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'To encourage anyone who's feeling depressed to seek professional help is a primary objective of a Remembrance Open House being hosted by the Survivors of Suicide Grief at the ADAMH Board office, 142 S. Prospect St. at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Another goal is to promote awareness of the reality that men are more at risk to commit suicide because they aren't as likely as women to seek help, said Jody Demo-Hodgins, executive director for the ADAMH Board.

Three members of the support group have lost sons, boyfriends or husbands to suicide, Demo-Hodgins said.

"They're really concerned that men are more challenged to cope because society expects men to toughen up and live with it," she said.'