Q&A: Sociocultural Factors in Young Men's Development & Suicidality - Video

Dr. Zac Seidler is a Clinical Psychologist, the Global Director of Men's Health Research at Movember and a Senior Research Fellow with Orygen at The University of Melbourne. Zac has devoted several years to the goal of reducing the staggering male suicide rate, treating and researching men’s mental health with over 100 peer-reviewed articles published. Zac has worked clinically with men of different ages and presentations from adolescents in Darwin with early psychosis to older HIV+ men struggling with adjustment.

In this Q&A, Dr. Seidler discusses the many sociocultural factors that impact the development of young men around the world, touching upon pornography, social media, alarmism and gaming culture, as well as the detrimental effects of more extreme male-only online communities such as the Manosphere. Notes on the stigmatising nature of the term “toxic masculinity” are included, as well as the ramifications these factors have on the spread of wider equality within society.

This video was extracted from the Mental Health Academy course, “Young Men and Suicide: A Contemporary Lens On An Age-Old Problem”. For more details, visit https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/catalogue/courses/young-men-and-suicide-a-contemporary-lens-on-an-age-old-problem.

To learn more about Dr. Zac Seidler, visit https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/team/zac-seidler.