Men's mental health is a huge issue in the UK with an obscene amount of deaths each year from male suicide (4,383 in 2017).

It has been referred to as a silent epidemic and not enough airtime has generally been given to men's mental health. Looking through the stats, if you are male or have a loved one in your life who is male, at some point in their life they are going to go through a crisis and may need help.

This week Gloria welcomes back Sam Fong Brooks and is joined by new friends Ryan Rogerson and Chris Sutton. They talk about when to see a GP, medication and share their own personal experiences. The conversation is very open and both serious and light hearted.

If you have a loved one in your life who you think would benefit from listening please share this episode with them. Note that we split the discussion into two episodes so part 2 will be shared next week.

Links and websites mentioned in this episode:

Chris Sutton's podcast is called Mental Conversations and you can find it on itunes and other platforms:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mental-conversations/id1436889290?mt=2

App in Leeds for young people: https://www.mindmate.org.uk/

Sam, Ryan and Chris

Chris Sutton

Ryan Rogerson