Facebook Used to Trap Alleged Historical Attacker
The husband of a woman attacked a decade ago whilst at school set up a sting using Facebook to trap her alleged attacker. The Daily Mail has the story here.
So, dear readers. rather than assuming mental health apps don’t work because I haven’t done a good job of using them and letting them help me, let’s have a conversation about what mental health apps have, or haven’t, worked for you, and why. I’m curious to know what the crowd has to say, and what advice you would give others.
I was catching up on a few episodes of the Freakonomics podcast the other day, and came across an interview with Tim Ferriss, author of the Four Hour Work Week, among other projects. In the interview, Tim discussed the struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts he had as a student, and he also suggested that…
The movie Boys and Men Healing, which has been screening in various places, and gotten pretty rave reviews from the male survivor community, is now available on DVD. You can order it over on the Big Voice Pictures website. If you’ve seen the movie, or get the DVD and watch it sometime soon, let us…
The BBC’s Panorama recently examined police failings, in one case where four forces failed to track a sex offender before he abducted and murdered a child. The show has had its second repeat, so you have until Sunday 13th November to watch it on BBC iPlayer at the address below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016n2s0/Panorama_Cops_Behaving_Badly/ …
One newspaper reported on the Abbott of Downside’s public apology to historical abuse victims over the weekend. That report is here. The Daily Telegraph updated the blog on this topic, covering some possible innaccuracies in a Times report, which is probably behind the regular paywall by now, so you can read the disputed sections here….
Liam Adams, brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, is to be extradited following child abuse claims by his daughter, two years after the allegations surfaced in a TV documentary. The BBC has the updated story here and the historical background from last year is on the Daily Mail website here. – CBG