Links (weekly)
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My Friend Abuses His Wife! How Can I Help? (pt 1)
tags: CA
7 Ways to Help a Teen Survivor of Sexual Assault
tags: CA
No hurdle too high for hurdling champion Kellie Wells
tags: CA
Sex Abuse Haunts Former Olympic Swim Hopeful
tags: CA
The Role of Schools in Sexual Abuse Prevention and Intervention.
tags: CA
Report: Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse
tags: CA
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There have been some efforts to make health care more accessible in rural areas, but I’m not sure that we’ve done nearly as much when it comes to mental health and addiction treatment. I’ve read too many stories of people needing to travel 100 miles or more to see a therapist, or get a prescription for medication, let alone finding a rehab clinic with an opening. Throw in a system that too often forgets that they exist, or uses them as pawns in power grabs instead of trying to meet the needs of these communities, and it’s no wonder that many would be feeling helpless in the face of addiction and mental health issues.
“The study, published this month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, included data on more than 11,000 people age 50 and older. Those who met with family and friends once every few months or less were nearly twice as likely to be depressed two years later than those who met up very often,…
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There have been a number of articles that I’ve shared on social media about this, but I wanted to pause and mention this one in particular, because as someone who works with technology everyday, I cannot stress this enough. We have use the tools we have to stay connected. 1. Maintain connection “As humans, we…
Over at the Foundation for Survivors of Abuse, they’ve started up a podcast. The first episode description: Deondra Brown Nielsen, of The 5 Browns, opens up regarding the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. Along side her husband Kevin Nielsen, they discuss the prosecution of Deondra’s father, how they teach their…
I would imagine that part of the reason that no one agrees on the why and how has a lot to do with the fact that it might actually be different for different types of people.
For example, I know some folks who benefit from writing out their emotions, as the article talks about. But there are also those of us who benefit not necessarily from directly writing our emotions to release them, but gain self-awareness through focusing our thoughts to communicate them in written form.
Maybe, there are just a lot of ways writing is good for you, mentally?