One man in five dies before the age of 65.
TOGETHER we can change that.

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In the UK, one man in five dies before he reaches 65. Together, we can change that.

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Man Manual Sources: Beat Stress, Feel Better

References and images used in the Beat Stress, Feel Better publication

The MHF is committed to fully participating in NHS England’s Information Standard Scheme for health and social care information. We intend to comply with all aspects and requirements of the Scheme Standard.

A list of sources for the Beat Stress, Feel Better man manual, published Sept 2014, follows:

What causes stress (page 6):

Work and stress (page 6): 

​Drink and drugs (page 10):

  • The US National Institute of Health holds this opinion. The NIH frequently takes a position which isn’t founded on solid science. See below for scepticism on such unfounded positions. See NIH website here http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64178/
  • A 1997 paper holds that the science seems to point to substance induced mood disorders though strikes a balance by stating that “Current beliefs and diagnostic conventions classify drug-induced depression into a distinct category (Substance-Induced Mood Disorder): but this approach is not specifically supported by the existing literature.” Paper is Patten SB, Love EJ, (1997) “Drug Induced Depression”  Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Web address http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9097332
  • http://ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_120.pdf

SAD (page 8): 

Loneliness (page 12):

Triggers and spotting a spiral (page 14):

Anger (page 15): 

Are you addicted? (page 16): 

Eating (page 17):

Exercise (page 18):

Sing, dance and laugh (page 19):

Talk (page 20)

Write (page 22):

Mindfulness (page 19):

Do what you enjoy (page 21):

Volunteer (page 21):

Learn (page 21):

Sleep (page 22):

Talking Therapies (page 23):

Medication (page 24):

Schizophrenia (page 27):

Depression (page 28):

ADHD  (page 29):

​Photo credits

A list of photographic credits for Beat Stress, Feel Better follows:

Cover:  Sol Searching by Casey Fleser (Creative Commons Licence: CC BY 2.0) (also used on page 25)

Page 5:  Disappointed man - istock.com 

Page 9: Love on sand - istock.com 

Page 10: Beer Gut by bareknuckleyellow (CC BY 2.0)

Page 13: Angry? by Navaneeth KN (CC BY 2.0)

Page 15: Casio 3157 by Reg Natarajan (CC BY 2.0)

Page 17: Glass of Water - Wikimedia Commons public domain

Page 19: autopilot by Elliott P (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Page 23: Mouth Talking by Travis Rigel Lukas Hornung (CC BY 2.0)

Other images David McCairley and the Men’s Health Forum

The credits were correct as at October 2015.

The Men’s Health Forum need your support

It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking.

In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to.

It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for.

We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing.

Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.

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