Men are three times more likely to die by their own hand than women in Australia.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday March 9, 2015. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Source: Press Association

Australia's suicide rate has been increasing and men are three times more likely to die by their own hand than women. Mental health support agencies believe reluctance on the part of some men to get help is behind those grim statistics.

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