Healthy masculinity starts in boyhood.

Addressing the crisis in men's health is more subtle than lecturing on lifestyle, diet or safety. Men's risk-taking behaviour is driven by deep unhappiness with life. Many of the mental health problems of men may be due to the estrangement between fathers and sons since the industrial revolution and the lack of self-worth this has created. Practical steps such as men's group are being fostered by GPs and others around Australia.