It may be the case that common suicide prevention
strategies, such as encouraging greater use of
mental health services by men and focusing on
raising awareness of links between mental illness
and suicide, are unlikely to lead to effective
interventions for individuals.4
There are strong international calls to take suicide
prevention for men out of the ‘mental health
‘paradigm.7
Many unemployed men are likely to be
highly stressed as a result of their circumstances. This
should not be presumed to indicate a ‘mental health
disorder’.