Nine more men have been arrested and charged with child abuse related offences from four years ago involving a single victim. The BBC has the summary here and we’ll bring you the outcome of the case when it concludes.
I’ve survived both childhood abuse, and a suicide attempt. I know what it feels like to believe that it will never get better, just as much as I know that it can get better because it has.
Truthfully, you are a survivor, and the world needs you and your story. How else will the other survivors around you know what is possible?
The article breaks the steps into two large buckets, and I’m going to ask you to consider these when you stop to consider whether your state, local, or federal representatives are actually doing something to improve the state of mental health care.
Are they doing something to make it easier to pay for mental health care services?
Are they doing something to make it easier to find mental health services?
If they’re not doing either of these things, or worse, cutting funding and services, they are not actually interested in improving the mental health situation in the US.
A Los Angeles School has replaced its entire teaching staff as they deal with the aftermath of multiple charges of sexual abuse against the children. As well as facilitating the police investigation, it also covers any future charges brought against staff found to have known but failed to act about the abuse. Two teachers have…
Spoiler Note: This is an ongoing soap opera and this week’s unfolding plot, starting Tuesday 8th November, is discussed below (so apologies to BBC America viewers) This week one of the UK’s top-rated soaps, Eastenders, has a storyline in which a recently out-gay teen character, Ben Mitchell has falsely accused one of the regular…
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