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Encore: breaking the silence around men's mental health
Manage episode 480154069 series 38148
Ray Seidler was a successful doctor and much loved by his many patients, he was also the nephew of the famous architect Harry Seidler and lived in a wealthy part of Sydney with his wife and four children. To outsiders, it looked liked Ray had a lucky life.
But behind closed doors he was locked in a herculean struggle with his own mental health and Ray's regular bouts of depression caused him to regularly 'run away' from his own home and family, and eventually led to his suicide.
His son Jonno Seidler has written about his father's life, and his own mental health diagnosis, which he's been determined not to keep secret.
This episode of Conversations focuses on men's mental health, suicide, Ray Seidler, Jonno Seidler, bi polar, family, family history, harm reduction, Seidler family, Jewish faith, grief, loss.
3086 episodes
Manage episode 480154069 series 38148
Ray Seidler was a successful doctor and much loved by his many patients, he was also the nephew of the famous architect Harry Seidler and lived in a wealthy part of Sydney with his wife and four children. To outsiders, it looked liked Ray had a lucky life.
But behind closed doors he was locked in a herculean struggle with his own mental health and Ray's regular bouts of depression caused him to regularly 'run away' from his own home and family, and eventually led to his suicide.
His son Jonno Seidler has written about his father's life, and his own mental health diagnosis, which he's been determined not to keep secret.
This episode of Conversations focuses on men's mental health, suicide, Ray Seidler, Jonno Seidler, bi polar, family, family history, harm reduction, Seidler family, Jewish faith, grief, loss.
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