Congrats to John Grohol and the rest of the folks over at Psych Central on 13 years of providing good mental health information online. I’ve been a fan of that site for many years, and now is an opportune time to thank them for their work! There is a whole lot of great stuff over there, I’d definitely check it out if you’ve never found your way there.
Every once in awhile, though, these lists provide me with something that causes me to do a double take. Like this:
“5. Only people without friends need therapists”
Huh? Look, I have some great friends, who I love dearly. I even have some friends who are therapists, but none of those relationships is the equivalent of going to therapy
Kids who show the signs of struggling with mental health issues do a heck of a lot better if we intervene. Sadly, we don’t do it enough. Sometimes it’s because we don’t have any intervention to offer them. There are no resources available to far too many families. Other times parents and adults are afraid to look for help due to the stigma associated with mental health issues, hoping the kid will grow out of it.
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