Join Callum & Craig as they sit down for another episode of the Therapy Files Podcast. In this episode, they welcome Cathal Reid, as schoolteacher and a Men’s mental Health activist from Ireland. This episode looks at how the socially constructed concept of masculinity is tightly intertwined with mental health – it also examines some of the effects that masculinity has on one’s mental health. Discussion is centred around personal lived experiences interspersed with some academic research and, as always, some statistics. If this sounds like something that may interest you, pull up a chair and join us.

References used in this episode:

• Grayson Pery, The Descent of Man (2016)
• Tessa Wright, Gender & Sexuality in Male Dominated Occupations (2016)
• R. W. Connell, Gender and Power (1987)
• Ingram & Torgal (2019) 'Longitudinal associations between features of toxic masculinity and bystander willingness to intervene in bullying among middle school boys' in Journal of School Psychology.
• Terrence Real (1998), I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression

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Visit the following organisations for support if you need it after listening to this episode:

• Home | Mind
• Samaritans | Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen
• How to access mental health services - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

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