Although more women than men are diagnosed with depression, the consequences for men and their families are more violent and destructive.
The Men’s Health Network has recently published a free e-book entitled “Depression, Anxiety and Stress“. It includes the following statistical.
- Men are 4 times more likely to commit suicide than women.
- Men with depression are twice as likely to die from any cause.
- Older men has the highest suicide rate of all.
The book also contains critical points about how depression is expressed in men.
- “Deny to himself and everyone else that he might have a problem
- Try to mask the problem by turning to drugs or alcohol or throwing himself into work in an attempt to avoid dealing with the issue
- Act out by behaving hostilely or aggressively or doing dangerous or self-destructive”
The wages of depression in men can be catastrophic.
