Men's Mental Health Month | Focus on men's access to mental healthcare

Although great strides are being made to tackle men's mental health issues, toxic masculinity and lack of seeking help have resulted to some men turning to inappropriate coping mechanisms such as substance use, violent behaviour or worse, suicide.
According to the South Africa Society of Psychiatrists report, out of the more than thirteen thousand and seven hundred mental health related deaths reported in South Africa in 2019, over ten thousand, eight hundred of these were men.
With June being Men's mental Health month, in our Health matters this morning, we take a closer focus at Men's Mental Illness and the underlying conditions. We are joined in the studio by Mervin Canham, Founder, The Holding Space Project and Oscar Motswage, Clinical Psychologist, joins us virtually. Good morning.

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