Links (weekly)
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Male Childhood Sexual Abuse: Suffering in Silence
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Understanding Depression Led to Facing Sexual Abuse
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How To Talk To Your Child About Sexual Abuse
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Project Unbreakable Gives Sexual Abuse Victims a Voice in Pictures
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Family Support Line Launches New Website
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Mental Illness is a Lonely Disease
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Psychological trauma can scar health for years
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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Mental Health Awareness Activated In New iHeart Campaign What Is Trauma Bonding? Podcast: What’s it Like to Work in a Psych Hospital? The Academic and SEL Benefits of Studying Psychology in High School Busting the myth that depression doesn’t affect people in poor countries Linked: Government Tossing Child Porn Cases Rather Than Discuss Its Torrent-Tracking…
Dr. Strait reminds us that while it’s normal to want to “fix” the pain of people we care about, it’s much more important to simply be there, without fixing it. Then offers up this advice: “How do we make our presence known, particularly from afar? If circumstances warrant at least a few words, make the…
As I mentioned in another post recently, this is the question we should be asking when we see these stories of celebrities and mental health issues. What happens to the people who don’t have the resources to get the treatment that can help them. “We should not confront these challenges by placing more hurdles in…
Unspoken in her article but implied by the risk associated with loneliness, we’d also do well to create more community. What I think takes many of these risk factors from challenging to overwhelming is when we are left to deal with them alone. We might see these trends reverse when we have the proper support and mental health resources, but we’re not there yet. Too many people are alone.