Links (weekly)
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Safeplace speaks out about male sexual abuse
Good to see a place that offers help for male and female victims!
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Link – Taraji Henson Launches Foundation to Support Black Mental Health
Good for her. This is an issue for all people, but from what I have been reading over the years, is especially stigmatizing in the black community. It shouldn’t be that way, anywhere. “Empire” actress Taraji Henson is launching a new foundation in honor of her late father. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation will raise…
Sharing – The broken pipeline of mental healthcare for LGBTQ teenagers
We talk a lot as a society about youth mental health, but our actions speak much louder, and the message they send is that we only really care about the mental health care of certain kids. Because if we cared about the mental health of all kids, we’d make different choices about making healthcare available and eliminating the actions that harm teens’ mental health.
Links I’m Sharing (weekly) Sept. 6 2020
Toxic Shame and How to Overcome It
How To Be A Mental Health Advocate
Nancy Hogshead-Makar on Sexual Abuse in Olympics and College Sports
When Your Mental Illness Comes in Waves
Suicide Prevention Month
Some interesting “lunch and learn” programs you may want to consider.
We Can All Prevent Suicide
Male suicides at highest rate in two decades, official data shows | UK News
What Most People Don’t Know About Psychological Trauma
Sexual minorities and suicide prevention
Using Humor as a Coping Tool
Link – The Conflicting Emotions of an Abused Child
This is something we have to understand if we are to ever grasp why it is so difficult for children to tell, and why it is so difficult when we react with verbal violence about people who abuse children. In order to get to a position to abuse a child, one has to convince them…
When Dad Hurts Mom, Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse by Lundy Bancroft
This is a user submitted review. Learn about submitting your own review here. I found this book really helpful. It gave great advice for moms who are either currently being abused, or have escaped an abusive relationship. It helps them know how to help their kids heal everything they have experienced. It walks moms through…
