September 10, 2024 was World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organization, “Every year 726,000 people take their own life and there are many more people who make suicide attempts.” When I was five years old my mid-life father took an overdose of sleeping pills after he had become increasingly depressed because he
I recently had new business cards printed. They read: “Jed Diamond, PhD—Helping men and the women who love them since 1969.” My career helping men began on November 21, 1969 when I held my newborn son in my arms and made a vow to be a different kind of father than my father was able
My father was a wounded angry man. When I was five years old he swallowed a quantity of sleeping pills believing his family and the world would be better off without him. Luckily he survived and was sent to Camarillo State Mental Hospital, but our lives were never the same again. I grew up wondering
My long-time friend and colleague, Steve Horsmon, founder of Good Guys 2 Great Men, invited me to speak to a group of guys who have been involved with their program for some time. He said in an email, “Our topic is about the importance of CONNECTION. The men would love to hear what you
Part 4 In Part 1, I shared my challenges with depression, the fact that the suicide rate for males is so much higher than it is for females, and how these realties have impacted men and their families. In Part 2, I looked more deeply into the underlying causes and potential solutions to this world-wide
Part 3 In Part 1, I shared my challenges with depression, the fact that the suicide rate for males is so much higher than it is for females, and how these realties have impacted men and their families. In Part 2, I looked more deeply into the underlying causes and potential solutions to this
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