Hinesh Chauhan on why men's suicide rates are so high. Divorced men have a nine-times higher rate than women. He traces it to homelessness, addiction, lack of resources, and the stigma around men admitting they need help.
The. The stats for dads and divorced. Divorced. Sorry just Men in general have a four times higher rate of suicide than women. Four times. That says something. There is a highly. It's not even nearly proportionate homelessness is is mostly men addiction men. And when you look at suicide rates for divorce men, it's nine times that of women. Nine times. And this is looking into what came of for my brother and understanding that and the pain and for other clients and any sort of suicidal ideation trying to understand that and the lack of resources. There's. There's a significant lack of resources for men and there's also the stigma of, of any showing weakness or sorry. Showing showing or sharing mental health challenges is is a sign of weakness in, in many families, in many organizations and in society in general. In the west and throughout the world. It's, it's a sign of weakness. But it, it isn't men. Men need to open up up. They need and ultimately in families it's. Men are seen as, as the problem solvers, as the, the, you know, the protectors, the ones who kill the spider spiders and pull the slimy hair out of the drains and, and who else does it right when nothing else works? It's turning to the man. You get a flat tire, who's changing the tire within a traditional family.
