One day, we’ll break the door right off its hinges and let in light we need to address mental illness without shame

The reality is that if men aren’t talking with friends, colleagues, spouses and families first, they aren’t likely to be seeking professional or medical help.

Slowly, but surely, men like sports broadcaster Michael Landsberg, right, a strong proponent of the #sicknotweak message, and former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy, left, a survivor of childhood trauma, are redefining masculinity as owning the courage to raise a hand and ask for help, write Louise Bradley and Matt Jeneroux.Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia and Twitter

Opinion

BY LOUISE BRADLEY AND MATT JENEROUX

November 19, 2018

Talk. Ask. Listen. Encourage Action. Check In. These are the tenets of Movember’s campaign to raise awareness about men’s mental health. The wildly popular initiative was created to bring men’s health issues to the fore—encouraging screening and early intervention for a range of illnesses ...

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