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Originally posted by decadence
...On eating disorder rates not affecting males like females it's also a point that men are less likely to seek help when there's a problem - perhaps because of a belief services (by extension of gearing towards customers who approach them!) are all for women and as men are less likely to seek help generally; whether it's for eating disorders or depression (a reason why the highest suicide rate group is young males), or whatever else.
We don't hear about it as men are less outspoken about it but that doesn't mean the issue is so small as it appears (and yes I do believe it is still a much greater problem for women just that for males you can't glance at a clinic or statistics and see the whole picture.
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Actually, the reason that the suicide rate is higher among young males is because men are more like to kill themselves by "more effective" means (for lack of a better term). However, women are more suicidal then men, and have more attempts.