Cynthia Cox was kind enough to let me know that her new novel about surviving childhood sexual abuse, The I in Me, will be available for free starting Aug. 1. You can go check out her website for more information.
Since I’ll be traveling at the time, if you get a copy and want to let us know what you think, feel free to leave a comment!
Is technology a panacea for everything that’s wrong with mental health care in the US? No. Are they always the appropriate solution? No. But do we need to find some way for technology to step in a fill this gaps when the need has been going unmet like this for so long?
“We have a crisis in mental health care in the United States. Sixty percent of young people with major depression received no mental health treatment in 2017-2018, and one quarter of adults with mental illness reported an unmet need for treatment. In the U.S., 55% of counties have no psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker, and 70% don’t have a single child psychiatrist. Queues for substance abuse care can be weeks long; 70% of those who needed substance use treatment in 2017 did not receive it. To make it worse, many practices have closed or reduced their capacity in response to pandemic health concerns.”
Survivor Island is another resource aimed at male survivors of child abuse with a members-only section to the wider forum. However the initial concentration started with teenagers though the site is open to all ages. Further resources are planned in future. The link is as follows; http://forum.survivorisland.org/index.php Meanwhile, back in the UK, AMSOSA, formerly Survivors…
In the interest of sharing book reviews when I couldn’t possibly read all the available books on the topics of child abuse and depression, I’m always on the lookout for other sites doing reviews, so that I can point folks to those reviews as well. Here’s a review of The Enemy Between My Legs by…
In addition to the original betrayal, many survivors are then betrayed a second time when they are not believed or the abuse is minimized. When the people who should be protecting them refuse to see what is happening or refuse to believe that person that they trust would do such a thing, the child is betrayed by a second person, or a third, fourth, etc. Add in the fact that while these extra betrayals are happening it is also unlikely that the child is getting any assistance that could help alleviate PTSD with early interventions.
In short, the more betrayal, the more suffering. We all have a responsibility to, at the very least, not add to the betrayal.
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Got an email the other day from Neil. He wanted to let me, and all of you, that he had a group on Goodreads named Abuse and the Law. The ground description: Abusers are Terrorists. Manipulation through fear, destruction of life and soul for the sheer exercise of greed and power. This describes the American…
