Research by mental health campaign Time to Change found that of the 49 per cent of 16- to 18-year-olds who said they would not approach their father, more than a third (35 per cent) said this was because their father "doesn't talk about feelings".
Meanwhile 31 per cent said they "wouldn't want to burden him".
The survey revealed that more than half of the 1,504 young men surveyed (54 per cent) who are experiencing mental health problems either "put a brave face on" or "keep it to themselves".
The research also found that a quarter (27 per cent) of those questioned experience mental health problems at least once a week.
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