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Link – 6 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know
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Imprisonment of Sex Offenders Discussed on The Economist
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Link – What Happened When I Told My Boss I Was Struggling with Mental Illness
“If we lived in a stigma-free world, my experience of acceptance in the workplace would be common. I would not be incredibly lucky to have taken these risks and gained rather than lost. The anonymous responses I received when I looked for different perspectives and stories of opening up about mental illness at the workplace…
Link – “Something happened to me” — Padma Lakshmi reveals childhood sexual abuse
“Something happened to me,” Padma Lakshmi explained, “that happens to a lot of girls.” Unfortunately, she’s right. And unfortunately, not just girls. On the publication day of her new memoir, “Love, Loss And What We Ate,” the former model, “Top Chef” host and cookbook author sat down with People and Entertainment Weekly’s editorial director Jess…