The Economist quoted a few sentences from the report No Easy Answers, in which 200 victims of various sex crimes were interviewed. It’s 146 pages in total. However, even attwo years old, it’s worth reading properly by itself in order to get the most rounded reaction, even if you might disagree with the report’s eventual conclusions.
Read it or download as a PDF here.
– CBG
I think the entire list of seven things provided by Mental Health First Aid below, is good, but this one, in particular, is something I think we all need to keep in mind:
“Do not be hostile or sarcastic when the person attempts to be responsive, but instead accept their responses as the best the person has to offer at that time.”
I think it’s fair to say that right now, most of us are dealing with some challenges. If ever there was a time to accept that replying to your text, or responding to a question you have might not be the foremost thing on someone’s mind, it’s now.
Between dealing with kids going back to school, and whatever that looks like, protests and violence, constant pandemic concerns around illness or loss of loved ones, and massive employment insecurity, there’s a lot going on that we are all trying to deal with as best as we can. I’d argue that we are all dealing with some pretty huge mental health challenges right now, so if you have people trying to stay in contact with you, to check in, or support you, give them a little grace. The fact that they are even trying right now should say a lot, and I hope we can all appreciate the imperfect efforts anyone puts in.
The headline really sort of says it all doesn’t it? Yes, it does. It highlights just how awful we have gotten when it comes to mental health issues, and what the consequences have been. Can you imagine any other cause of death having a 40% increase in 17 years and how many programs and resources…
Being in prison is a traumatic experience in and of itself. Experiencing violence, witnessing death, sexual assault, etc., are additional traumas. We know for a fact that the higher the number of traumatic events that occur in our lives, the higher the rates of mental health issues. Yet, when it comes to prisoners, we seem not to care. We joke about violence and sexual assault in prison. We do nothing to combat corruption and violence among people who work in prisons, and we cut programs aimed at helping people adjust once outside of prison.
Just before George Entwhistle’s resignation, The Daily Mail rounded up everything to date to last Friday 9th November including the full statement of denial from the wrongly identified ex-politician. That article is here and scroll to the bottom of the page for the full statement and retrospective video to last Friday night.
You can learn more of the details from this article. Not only is Bell encouraging all Canadians to share their stories about mental health and help people understand just how many people around them every day are dealing with mental health issues, they are also contributing five cents for every Tweet using the #BellLetsTalk hashtag…
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i am one of the many thousands of children who were abused in artane,the money paid to us was very short of the realistic value of compensation which we should have received,and for which we had to sign a silence agreement,if they are not going to prosecute the guilty then our compensation should be looked at again with the view of a further payment,otherwise what was all the fuss about,i and thousands like me suffered for years and the idea that these pervs are not being sent to prison is the same as saying it was alwright for them to carry on as they did.we demand justice and nothing less,