Men being shorted mental health services

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'To help ensure safety for every citizen, the mental health community can contribute to a better understanding of all types of family murder and suicide. Why are 3,000 Canadian men committing suicide annually? This is four times the rate for women. 2 What is the impact of family separation on the mental health of fathers?

Dr. David Crawford and Professor John Macdonald of the University of Western Sydney reported that the pain of separation and divorce is having an alarming effect on the health of Australian males. They conclude relationship breakdown and divorce are leaving many men, especially fathers, emotionally broken and unable to cope, contributing to high rates of suicide and harm of others.
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Dr. Paul Links, professor of psychiatry and chair of suicide studies at the University of Toronto, reports that difficult divorces or loss of children fit the profile of loss leading to suicide. Divorced men kill themselves twice as often as single or married men, 5 and since men in general commit suicide four times as frequently as women, 2 divorced men commit suicide eight times more often than women in the general population. Yet, little is known about male suicidal behaviour in Canada.'

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Matt, there doesn't appear to be a valid link at that hyperlink line. Appears empty.

Thanks for your hard work in providing updates here!

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