Holidays: Time to Address Men's Mental Wellbeing

‘Movember’ is a movement designed to spread awareness about men’s health. Even though we are moving into December, it is still important to talk about men’s mental health and suicide prevention as we approach the holidays.

There has been a stigma for men to address their own mental well-being and the notion to “keep quiet.”

This is an underlying problem that has been common in society – men have not been addressing their own mental health enough, according to Kyler Kingston, MD, an Internal Medicine physician with St. James Healthcare.

“It’s vital that we have an open dialogue and encourage al...