December 4th, 2022Young men’s mental health in crisis: ‘Movember’ research findings

More than half of young men in Australia feel that society doesn’t understand them
Key Findings
● 39% of young Aussie men feel they have no one they can really count on.
● 38% have not reached out for help or support when struggling with their mental health.
● More than half (54%) of young Australian men feel pressure around being a man, and two-thirds
(66%) feel society doesn’t understand young men.
● Four in five (81%) young Aussie men feel that the current media focus on the impact of
masculinity on men’s wellbeing was an important one.
AUSTRALIA, Movember 2022: As the hairy season nears a close, new research from Movember shows
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that men’s mental health is still in crisis, with two thirds (66%) of young men feeling like society doesn’t
understand them, and more than a third feeling like they have no one they could really count on (39%).