Depression’s machismo mask By Melissa Healy Oct. 17, 2005 12 AM PT Times Staff Writer ...

He revisits that drawing years later and worries that the sadness has returned. “ACCLAIM DOESN’T FIX DEPRESSION” states a banner across a spread showing him writing, drawing, and smiling.

For perhaps 3 million American men yearly, that's the plotline for depression. For almost 24,000 men yearly, the final scene is suicide.

Drawing on the experiences of the more than 4,000 members in the group, Lewis told Yahoo! that she’d seen a worrying rise in mentions of depression and burnout from airline staff.