Has Men’s Mental Health Month made a difference?

When those who seek help are met with scepticism, awkwardness, and blatant dismissal, they often don’t try again.

Did you know June has been celebrated as Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month since 1994? For 30 years, people have repeated, “Let’s have more conversations, talk more openly, and break the stigma.” However, after three decades, we must ask: Have these months of increased awareness resulted in change, or is this merely a flurry of hashtags and social media posts that lead to nothing?