Men's Mental Health Coaching
Dr. John Spencer Ellis on the 11-Year Silence: Why Men Don't Talk, and What It Does to Their Health There's one figure in the men's health literature that explains most of the rest. Men wait an average of 11 years between the onset of mental health symptoms and seeking treatment. Over a decade of carrying something while telling everyone the situation is under control. The scale of the silence 40% of men have never discussed their mental health with anyone — not a partner, not a friend, not a professional. It shows up directly in treatment data. NIMH figures put treatment at 41.6% of men with any mental illness, against 56.9% of women . CDC utilization data is wider: 13.4% of men versus 24.7% of women . And NCHS reporting from 2025 found only 33.2% of men with depression had received counseling or therapy in the previous year. The endpoint is well documented. Men account for approximately 80% of U.S. suicide deaths . The 2022 figures recorded 48,824 deaths ,...