The Northern Health Region is promoting a strategy geared towards men’s mental health and suicide prevention. The program is created from a male perspective and addresses a very real and serious issue that many men just don’t want to address.
“Buddy Up is a Canadian suicide prevention campaign created for men by men,” said Northern Health Region Mental Health Promotion Specialist Alexie Laplante. “The campaign encourages men to have real conversations with their buddies and to support them if they’re struggling with thoughts of suicide.”
The suicide rate among men is higher than women. This can be attributed to many unhealthy childhood factors that have caused toxic masculinity to manifest and prevent men from dealing with their feelings in a healthy and safe way.