Men and Trauma NZ

11/11/2025

A five-year follow-up of a psilocybin-assisted therapy study found that two-thirds of participants with Major Depressive Disorder were still in remission five years after treatment, with marked improvements in well-being measures.

While multiple factors may have influenced the results and many participants sought additional treatment during that period, the rapid and sustained response sets it apart from conventional approaches.

“Some of the most debilitating aspects of depression are people isolating and withdrawing from things that are important to them. Despite some of those symptoms coming back, they found they weren’t experiencing those same levels of impairment – that really speaks to the potential for some people that this treatment might catalyse future positive effects when they’re going through depression.” – lead author Alan Davis

📑 Five-year outcomes of psilocybin-assisted therapy for Major Depressive Disorder – Davis et al., 2025

🖇️ Full article: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/aop/article-10.1556-2054.2025.00461/article-10.1556-2054.2025.00461.xml

Interview with lead author in the Ohio State News: https://news.osu.edu/depression-remission-endures-5-years-after-psilocybin-trial/

10/11/2025

INTERNATIONAL MENS DAY 19 NOVEMBER 9 DAYS TO GO (AEST)
Celebrated in more than 80 countries
2025 Theme: “CELEBRATING MEN & BOYS”

LIVE STREAMING WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2025
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Hear from many notable leaders in the Men’s movement. Sharing their wisdom, real stories, challenges and solutions for supporting Men and Boys around the world. ACT NOW to receive full event details and your personal viewing link.

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08/11/2025

INTERNATIONAL MENS DAY 19 NOVEMBER - 11 DAYS TO GO (AEST)
Celebrated in more than 80 countries
2025 Theme: “CELEBRATING MEN & BOYS”
Learn More: https://internationalmensday.com

04/11/2025

We are honored to share the stories of two resilient male survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Kevin Taylor & Tyler VanScyoc.

Kevin steps forward to discuss the role that sports, the military, and therapy played in helping him find his path forward after experiencing abuse at the hands of both trusted adults and an anonymous pe*****le ring. Tyler, while still a teenager living at home, bravely disclosed years of abuse at the hands of his stepfather and shared his experience with our team at 1in6 as well as on S3 of the series "Betrayal: Under his Eye" streaming on Hulu/Disney+.

Learn more about their journeys, and those of many other male survivors, on the 1in6 Bristlecone Project video series at the link. https://1in6.org/male-survivor-stories/

01/11/2025

Alan Davies has revealed his brother stopped speaking to him after he reported their father for sexually abusing him as a child.
The 59-year-old comedian was abused between the ages of eight and 13, following his mother’s death from leukaemia. He told The Telegraph: “If the abuse occurred within a family, as it usually does, the instinct to withhold feels right, because families don’t usually support the victim.
“My older brother stopped speaking to me after I had dad arrested. He stopped sending birthday cards to my kids. I still have some contact with my sister, I see her son. They would have still preferred I didn’t say anything at all. But this is bigger than my family.”
Alan, who struggled with alcohol and anger for years, only went to the police eight years ago with help from a therapist. His father was deemed unfit to stand trial due to age and dementia.
Speaking previously about sharing his story in his memoir Just Ignore Him, he told Cat Deeley on Lorraine: “It took me a long time to find a forum to talk about the more difficult things in my childhood… I’ve done it in this book.”

21/10/2025

09/10/2025

The Drug Foundation is also recommending a complete overhaul of the Misuse of Drugs Act and throwing out the drug classification system.

06/10/2025

When we grow up with complex trauma, we learn survival skills. These survival skills are incredibly useful when we are children. They may not be as helpful as we think they are, but they definitely help. They help avoid painful abusive experiences. But when we grow up, these skills hold us back. The...