VIDEO: Text service gives suicidal men a voice

More men are opening up about their mental health problems than before thanks to a text service operated by suicide prevention charity Console, which is being hailed as a “breakthrough” in suicide prevention.

Traditionally, the organisation has seen more women than men getting in contact — 61% of all calls to their helpline are from females.

Now, with the implementation of a new text service, those figures have been reversed — 62% of those contacting the organisation through text are men.