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‘There’s a huge problem’: New Zealand searches for new ways to tackle family violence

Mental health apps focusing on personal history part of a wider push to support men and address high rates of family harm

Joshua Wilson* was abandoned at birth and then adopted into a family where he was sexually abused by his father and violently tormented by his mother.

Cycling through state-run boys’ homes, he battled addiction and later wrestled with thoughts of ending his own life. On a particularly difficult night last month, Wilson sat alone in the bush, “contemplating being another statistic”, he says. He messaged these thoughts to his estranged partner, who responded with a link to a mental health app called innerBoy.

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