Young men are struggling. Can Canada fix the problem?

Description: Canadian men and boys are facing an escalating societal crisis as their rates of depression, anxiety and addiction rise. For The National, CBC's Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco investigates the roots of the struggle and whether a new federal mental health strategy goes far enough.

00:00 Depression in young men
01:10 Canada's Men and Boys' Health strategy
02:20 Messaging from the manosphere
03:31 Addictions on the rise
04:35 Struggles carrying on to adulthood
05:57 Feedback from men
06:53 Taboo among government policymakers
08:29 Tattooing the loss
09:11 Why men are afraid to speak up
09:51 NYU prof changing the narrative
10:18 Why a male mentor could help
11:12 Male teachers as father figures
12:22 'Emotionally flailing' men
12:58 How men can help each other

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