As we caught up with the initial announcements from the general enquiry into the UK’s (foster) care system for children, more information arrived for release yesterday. The BBC has the general summary in text and video here with the extras in the usual end column.
– CBG
There may not be a simple solution, like the suggested sauna or hot tub, but what I think this study shows is that there is very clearly something going on physically with depression. This is not an “it’s all in your head” situation, and I hope that perhaps information like this, which shows a measured physical symptom tied to depression, gets us to consider depression as something similar to other physical ailments.
It’s been two days since Anne Marie Carrie, the new Chief Executive of the long standing UK charity Barnado’s sounded the warning about internal child trafficking in the UK for child abuse purposes. As usual, the media have moved on to other things, leaving interested parties to read their 30-page official report. You can find…
I’m not in the UK, but I know many of my readers are, and they are familiar with this story line on Coronation Street. Even if you aren’t though, this is universally true: “The first time the story was mentioned I didn’t understand how Bethany could get into that situation,” Lucy said. “But the more…
I don’t know that we have a definitive answer to that question, but what we do know is that anxiety and depression among kids and teens is on the rise, and that a lack of sleep, at worst, is a contributing factor to mental health issues like those, and, at best, doesn’t help anyone struggling…
Roman Polanski made a documentary whilst under house arrest in Switzerland and his expression of regret for raping a 13 year old girl in 1977 first happened whilst this documentary was made. Sadly this has now grown into part of the overall media promotion for the documentary which covers much more of the author’s childhood…
What do we have to offer those kids beyond a message about how their already-high ACE score likely means they have a lifetime of poor outcomes to look forward to? It turns out we have a lot to offer them. By creating positive experiences, we can start to undo the damage and create a preventative buffer to help avoid further adverse events.
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Good to know that UK Government take care children of there country. CRY is a NGO who take care of the children in UK. You people can be the part of this NGO by helping this NGO. So that every child of our nation is safe and happy.