According to the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics, suicide among men and women had fallen by 3.6% from 2015 to 2016. Even so, male suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) revealed that each week, 84 men in the UK take their own lives. In fact, of the 5,965 suicides registered in 2016, a total of 4,508 were male and 1,457 were female. The rise of the rate of male suicides is believed to have something to do with men’s changing roles in society, as well as their naturally impulsive tendencies and the unlikeliness to seek help. Although most workplaces already have tools in place to help, such as Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), most of these programs are underutilized.

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