Young Men's Mental Health : Policy Brief, May 2025

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Cameron, Julie and Vaswani, Nina and Kerlaff, Leyla and Sime, Daniela and Maycock, Matt (2025) Young Men's Mental Health : Policy Brief, May 2025. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Abstract

This briefing outlined why there was a need to focus on young men’s mental health. It summarised some of the key findings arising from the project, and proposed five policy recommendations for consideration. These were: improving our understanding of young men’s mental health experiences; ensuring a gendered approach to mental health education in schools which encourages boys to safely explore the interaction between masculinities and mental health; providing inclusive and informal spaces for young men to connect over mental health; reviewing the range and availability of mental health supports to ensure they meet the needs of boys and young men before they reach crisis point and; increasing the accessibility of mental health research by directly involving boys and young men in coproducing the research.

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Cameron, Julie, Vaswani, Nina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-7139, Kerlaff, Leyla ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-1511, Sime, Daniela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-5456 and Maycock, Matt;
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