Hello Dan!
Ian Scrivener - Lived Experience
- Homeless - living on a boat
- Mental Health challenges
- Loneliness & isolation
- former Carer (Alzheimers)
- CentreLink Homecare - victim - multiple
Assumption #1
Men /= Women
- different brains
- seeking help
- talking about problems
- vulnerability & sensitivity = weakness
Assumption #2
Men have mates
- 43% of Aussie Men have experienced loneliness
- 16% report high levels of loneliness
- 1/3 men believe there’s no one to help them out
- increasibly more isolated society…
Assumption #3
GPs = Mental Health
Assumption #4
Call Lifeline
-
50% of suicides never call
Assumption #5
Organisations
- Movember
- Men’s Shed
- Lifeline
Triple crisis
for Men & everyone
- Homelessness
- Loneliness & Isolation
- Social Media & AI
Bad Outcomes
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Gambling
- Domestic Violence
- Poor Productivity
Very Bad Outcomes
- Male suicides: 2,800
- Early Male Deaths: 35,000
Australia
is not
doing enough !!
😳 🤬 ☠️
Unfair Funding
- Women’s Health Strategy: $1118 million
- Men’s Health Strategy: $32
- 35x
- WTF !!
Taxation
Men 63.5%
Women 36.5%
Dan’s Task #1
Get more funding for Men’s Mental Health !!
- $500k this year
- $25m - 2026
- $100m next budget
Dan’s Task #2
Back innovation & new thinking in Men’s programs
That F-ing Work
The End
Men’s Mental Health
-
Thriving / Prospering
-
Doing Fine
-
Struggling
-
Surviving
Unhappy Men
Visible Signs
-
Drinking
-
Drugs
-
Dangerous behaviour
-
Aggression
Unhappy Men
Invisible Signs
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Depression
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Loneliness
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Isolation
-
Hopelessness
Outcomes
- Underperformance
- Suffering
- Early Death
- Suicide