About Men in Mind
Built so no man slips through the cracks
Men in Mind is evidence-based online training that equips health practitioners to better engage men. It now spans two forms — a course for mental health practitioners, and three profession-specific courses for the GPs, nurses and pharmacists on the front line of primary care — because the conversations practitioners have look very different depending on their setting.
Too many men reach a crisis point before anyone reaches them.
Men experience depression and suicidality differently to women — and they engage with care differently, too. They turn up later, talk less, mask more, and disengage faster. Three in four suicide deaths in Australia are men, and most who die by suicide had been in contact with a health service in the year before — yet around 45% of men drop out of care early.
Men in Mind exists to close that gap. Created by the Movember Institute, it gives every clinician — from psychologists to GPs to pharmacists — the confidence and the practical tools to connect with men who are struggling, and to keep them engaged in care.
Our goal is simple but ambitious: a generation of practitioners who know how to reach men early, respond to what they're really saying, and change the trajectory of a life before it reaches crisis.
Our approach
Research, translated into practice
Everything we build starts with evidence — then we work with clinicians, learning designers and men with lived experience to turn that evidence into something you can actually use.
Grounded in evidence
Every module is built on the Movember Institute's research program and peer-reviewed literature on how men engage with care — with content informed by expertise from the Black Dog Institute, the University of Melbourne and the University of British Columbia.
Designed for real practice
Short scripted videos, reflective exercises and downloadable worksheets mean techniques move from the screen into your next conversation with a male client.
Shaped with lived experience
Content draws on what men themselves tell us — including a study of 262 men on what led them to seek help — alongside the clinicians who supported them, so it reflects how engagement really unfolds.
Our impact
Training that’s already changing how men are cared for.
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of practitioners felt confident supporting men with active suicidality after training — up from 47% before
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practical microskills clinicians can put to use in their next session
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evidence-based modules, from rebranding masculinity to suicide intervention
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program of its kind shown to work in a randomised controlled trial
Outcomes from the Men in Mind randomised controlled trial; improvements were retained at three-month follow-up.
The people behind it
A team of clinicians, researchers and educators
Men in Mind is delivered by the Movember Institute of Men's Health, working alongside clinical advisors at the University of Melbourne and Orygen.
Dr Sarah Kennedy
Program Director, Men in Mind
Prof. James Okafor
Clinical Research Lead
Maya Nguyen
Head of Learning Design
Tom Bishop
Lived Experience Advisor
Clinical & academic advisors
- Prof. Helen MarshUniversity of Melbourne — Psychiatry
- Dr Andrew LimOrygen — Youth Mental Health
- Dr Priya RamanClinical Psychology
- Dr Michael DoyleGeneral Practice & Primary Care
- Sophie TrentCounselling & Psychotherapy
- Dr Liam FosterSuicide Prevention Research
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