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9 Ways to Take Care of Yourself When You Have Depression
tags: CA
Caught By a Predator: Woman Speaks Out 10 Years After Her Abduction
tags: CA
Michael Reagan: What To Do When A Child Is Abused
tags: CA
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
I feel like this is something that needs to be shouted for everyone in the back to hear. Whether you’re talking about exercise, certain eating habits, medication or whatever else we read about online as being the “cure” for depression. “Felipe Schuch, an associate professor of sports techniques and methods at Universidade Federal de Santa…
“John* had seemed less like himself lately, and his wife Celeste* had started to notice. He laughed less, and when he was at home all he wanted to do was sleep. They had only been married for a few years, so it was very noticeable when John’s libido suddenly went down the drain. Celeste wondered,…
The other thing to keep in mind is that no one else is going to set the boundaries for you that you need. They will set the boundaries that they want for you. That includes family, friends, and employers. They won’t know the limits of your mental health, and they may not even care about them. Some will, but you still need to draw them yourself and then communicate them.
And, maybe. most of all, allow everyone to set their boundaries and respect them. Maybe we could all get some improved mental health if we all understood that a little bit better.
We have to do better than this: Only one-third of people newly diagnosed with depression start treatment quickly, and seniors and minorities are the least likely to get help in a timely fashion, a new study finds. The post goes on to cite stigma and a lack of availability as two of the big reasons…
Interesting findings, and maybe something that shines more light around some things we’ve seen going back years about how much staying in contact with patients helps them stay connected. “In the first randomized controlled trial of its kind, a research team investigated the impact of a texting intervention as an add-on to a mental health…
It’s been trialed in several areas, sending out a mental health team instead of the police to respond to certain kinds of calls. Typically calls that involve a mental health crisis, addiction, etc. What we didn’t have yet were real studies to show whether this was having the desired effect. It’s early, but this is promising: