I think the drug and suicides, that affect mostly males, might be related to the social changes and gender role changes. There is some research about "happynes

I think the drug and suicides, that affect mostly males, might be related to the social changes and gender role changes. There is some research about "happyness" that started around 1970, two difference scientists asked more or less similar question since then: what you did in your day, and how happy you felt. In 1970 women used to claim to be happier than men, there was a very large gap there. Currently the gap is smaller, but reversed (men are happier instead), also both men and women are unhappier than in 1970s. Regarding workload, women are working now (summing home chores and outside work) much more than 1970, men are also working more, but one thing that the researcher was noted, is that the time specifically dusting the house decreased a lot, since there is no major invention in that field since 1970s, he had the conclusion that maybe the source of unhappyness is that people don't have time even to keep their home clean, and are living in homes that are dirtier than they were in 1970. Now I need to figure where was those articles (there are two of them with published data), I frankly don't remember :( (I stumbled on them on a night of random reading on internet)