5,000 calls for help from abused men

A SUPPORT service for male victims of domestic abuse received more than 5,000 calls for help last year.

"Some of the calls we get are worse than others but in every case the men suffer terrible psychological abuse," said AMEN founder Mary Cleary.

"Many of the calls are from men who are locking themselves in their bedrooms every night to protect themselves. Sometimes they have their children with them."