CBS News Men's Mental Health Month
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A West Hollywood barbershop saw the need to offer men not only cuts and shaves, but also a trained ear to listen and offer support.
Spike Eldib, a barber at Entourage, said that sometimes the barber's chair feels more like a therapy couch, with regular customers opening up, talking, and asking for advice.
Men are significantly less likely than women to seek mental health help, and the National Institutes of Health says that's partly due to societal norms and the notion that they should handle it on their own.
"Whatever they have on their mind, an issue that they can't tell mom, dad, friend, anything they can say it here in the barber shop," Eldib said.
That's exactly what long-time customer Matthew Berdin does. He's an emergency room nurse, a job that he says is physically and emotionally demanding.
"Holding all that inside is not very good for you overall, just not even like your mental health, but like your overall health," Berdin said.
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