VOICE September 2018 | Page 7

Society as a whole tries to shroud this phenomenon and makes it seem as though it is not a problem; it not only becomes very harmful to society, but it also causes even more problems regarding mental health. The male suicide rate is the highest for completed suicide in the U.S. Even though there are many other contributing factors in why this is the fact - for an example, men are more likely to use more “aggressive” means of completing suicide like using a gun - there is still an unavoidable factor of how men are told from a young age to not show that they are weak and need help.

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