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The Pressure to be the ‘Perfect Man’ By The Priory Group

June 21, 2016

The magnifying glass of the media frequently focuses on women and mounts pressure on the ideal of perfection; perfect body, perfect mother, perfect career and family. However, an emerging idea in the background is the ‘perfect man’, creating pressure that…

Depression Will Make You A Better Human Being By Sean Swaby

May 4, 2016

Listening to depression has changed my life For most of my life I have felt sad. I experienced a lot of joy growing up, but this was interspersed with periods of sadness and gloom. At the time I was not…

Inside Male Depression By Sean Swaby

March 23, 2016

I have a personal enemy. Many people call him Depression, but I know he’s really a terrorist. I told a friend about my pain and he was surprised. He said that he would never have guessed that I live with depression.…

Photographic Depression: Mini-Series By Danny Richardson

November 9, 2015

Danny Richardson is a photographer and a man. A man with lived experience of life’s struggles, depression and anxiety. Danny decided to document his experience through this ‘depression mini series’ of photographs. Here we talk to him about his life…

The First Voice on Experiences of Childlessness – Robin Hadley

October 31, 2015

Like many, from an early age I assumed I would be a father and I saw my life trajectory as: job, marriage, and children. Only the last stage never happened. Many people think that childless people, either consciously or unconsciously, chose not…

Geoff MacDonald and Vincent Cable Talk About their Experiences of Depression

July 17, 2015

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they’ve never discussed intimately before. Geoff…

How to make mental health services work for men

July 16, 2015

Another superb guide from the Men’s Health Forum on how to make mental health services work for men.

Thousands of fathers will spend Christmas alone – The Telegraph

December 24, 2014

Two thirds of people in their thirties and forties who live alone are men, and many of them are fathers who will be spending Christmas Day by themselves, writes David Atkinson

Radio 4 – All in the Mind Featuring Martin Seager

November 13, 2014

Claudia Hammond reports on current issues in mental health, psychology and neuroscience. Claudia asks if the ‘one in four’ mental health statistic reduces or increases stigma. Martin Seager from the Men’s Mental Health Research Team takes the view the statistic…

The Science of Stress by Fix.com