I'm really concerned about men's mental health

I'm a mental health nurse. I work in a psych ward where the majority of inpatients are men with severe mental illnesses and drug addictions. 90% of the admissions are male. Every day at least 5 new male patients will be admitted for trying to kill themselves because they felt they had no other options. I've cried multiple times because of the stories these men tell. A lot of them self medicate because they didn't have access to proper mental health services in time and as a result develop addictions that destroy their lives. A lot of them dabble in illegal activities just to survive and to pay for their addictive habits. A lot of them have been raped and/or physically abused. A lot of them develop psychotic illnesses because of the trauma they've been subjected to. I've had patients whose dads abandoned them when they were kids, patients who grew up with alcoholic dads, patients who were homeless for years on end. <br><br>In contrast, the few females I admit are usually because of ovarian cancer scares or because they were victims of domestic violence. An extremely low number of females develop addictions and even fewer engage in illegal activities. Very few females are victims of rape, and even fewer develop psychotic illnesses. Hardly any of my female patients had shitty relationships with their parents. Hardly any female patients of mine were homeless. <br><br>I just feel really fucking sorry for these men. I want to give them all a hug and tell them it's not their fault. I feel like reaching out and telling them I know exactly how they feel, even though I don't. It hurts me so much seeing them like this, especially when most of them are around my age (20s) and had their whole lives ahead of them. I try to stay professional, I really do, but every patient I meet I just want to help because I can't stand seeing anyone suffer like this. Most of these men don't have partners or children, so they usually don't even have support systems. I just wish things could be better for them, and that we as a society could prevent this. I feel like we are failing to prevent male homelessness, male mental illnesses, male addictions, and male traumas. I feel like we should be doing better to improve education and job opportunities, and making an effort to really include men in our discussions around mental health.