Male suicide is a public health emergency. 

While suicide rates differ worldwide, we often see higher suicide deaths in men than women. In places like Europe and the United States, about 75-80% of suicide deaths are male. In the UK, suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50, and men aged 45 to 64 are the biggest age-specific suicide risk.

We urgently need to understand what is putting men at such high risk.

Despite the scale of the male suicide crisis, there hasn’t been enough research to explore why men are much more likely to take their own lives. This lack of investigation doesn’t match the seriousness of the issue.

Since 2018, my work has focused on trying to understand why men are more at risk of suicide and what can be done to help more men access a dignified and meaningful life.

Most recently, I have been part of a team of researchers at the ‘Suicide Behaviour Research Lab’ at Glasgow University looking at these issues. My current research is supported by generous funding from MANUP?

I want to help you understand our research findings.

My goal is to share our findings with the public, especially people who have a personal connection to male suicide and want to understand it better.

Here, you will find public guides for all my published work and details of current studies being worked on.