{"id":180715,"date":"2025-08-27T21:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/180715\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:20:09","slug":"newsom-tackles-mental-health-crisis-affecting-young-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/180715\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom tackles mental health crisis affecting young men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 A recent Gallup\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/690788\/younger-men-among-loneliest-west.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a>\u00a0reveals that 1 in 4 men under age 35 are struggling with loneliness \u2014 a factor experts said is fueling a growing mental health crisis.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One in 4 young men struggles with loneliness\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Men make up nearly 80% of the suicide deaths in the U.S.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order focused on addressing some challenges affecting young men\u2019s mental health<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The executive order does not come with any new state funding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Suicide rates among young men are now four times higher than those of young women, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/07\/30\/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-support-young-men-and-boys-address-suicide-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> aimed at addressing the alarming trend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many young men and boys are suffering in silence \u2014 disconnected from community, opportunity and even their own families. This action is about turning that around. It\u2019s about showing every young man that he matters and there\u2019s a path for him of purpose, dignity, work and real connection,\u201d said Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>The directive instructs state agencies to expand access to mental health services, workforce opportunities, and mentoring programs that foster social connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur boys, our men need help\u2026and there\u2019s strength in vulnerability,\u201d said Marlon Morgan, CEO of Wellness Together, a nonprofit that works to increase access to mental health services for students. \u201cThese are some strong, effective leaders that are saying these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan said many young men are facing what he calls a crisis of identity and meaning; issues that have been amplified by technology and social isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA person on their own, without those deep relationships, is immediately affected in terms of mental health. It\u2019s isolating. It\u2019s a recipe for depression,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While advocates like Morgan welcome Newsom\u2019s executive order, others indicated that the initiative comes without new funding<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just adding a new slice to the pie when we add this focus on men and boys\u2026 and if you add another slice to a pie, everyone just gets less pie,\u201d said Karen Vicari of Mental Health America of California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The conversation around young men\u2019s mental health has also taken on a political dimension.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent episode of Newsom\u2019s podcast, Richard Reeves, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, said Democrats have not done enough to engage with this demographic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republicans did a better job at signaling to young men: we like you, we like the stuff you like, and we\u2019re going to go to the places you go, like the podcasts,\u201d Reeves said.<\/p>\n<p>Exit polls from the last election showed roughly 56% of young men voted for former President Donald Trump, compared to 40% of young women.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom said his executive order gives young men support through education, jobs and meaningful connections \u2014 steps he believes are essential to reversing troubling mental health trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 A recent Gallup\u00a0poll\u00a0reveals that 1 in 4 men under age 35 are struggling with loneliness&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[31018,13565,276,102026,210,517,80,101003,67,132,68,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-180715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-app-health","9":"tag-app-local-state-politics","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-daniela-pardo","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-socal-what-you-need-to-know","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-vod"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115102826067541709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}