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Silence and its manifestations in men’s mental illness

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Men often experience mental health issues in silence. This Comment considers the many manifestations of silence in men’s mental illness, which serve to reduce subjective wellbeing and social/occupational functioning amid elevating suicide risk.

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Acknowledgements

D.K. is supported by a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award. S.R. is supported by a Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (1158881) and by the Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne. Z.S. is supported by an Investigator Grant Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (2008170). P.S. is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship and a Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee award. J.L.O. is supported by a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Men’s Health promotion.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    John S. Ogrodniczuk, David Kealy & Paul Sharp

  2. School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    John L. Oliffe & Paul Sharp

  3. Department of Nursing, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    John L. Oliffe

  4. Orygen, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    Zac E. Seidler & Simon M. Rice

  5. Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Zac E. Seidler & Simon M. Rice

  6. Movember, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Zac E. Seidler

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Ogrodniczuk, J.S., Oliffe, J.L., Kealy, D. et al. Silence and its manifestations in men’s mental illness. Nat. Mental Health 1, 446–448 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00093-1

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