‘I didn’t know how much I struggled with my autism at school’

• Men are significantly underrepresented in mental health support services, with 70% of men delaying help-seeking, highlighting the need for improved male engagement strategies in primary and secondary care
• Late diagnosis of autism in adults (particularly males) means missed educational support and potential years of unrecognised struggle, warranting lower thresholds for assessment in adult patients reporting historical difficulties
• Celebrity advocacy for mental health and neurodivergence can reduce stigma and encourage help-seeking behaviour, supporting the case for normalising discussions around psychological wellbeing in clinical consultations

Rapper Professor Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has long been open about his mental health difficulties and has joined up with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy which reports seven in 10 men don’t seek support until they hit crisis point.

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