This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Do Your Fears Hold You Back? 3 Simple Strategies to Ease Fear
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Vivian Norris: Breaking the Silence: The Media and Male Sexual Abuse
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Link – Why I’m Tired Of Mental Health Awareness Events
I agree with a lot of what James has written in this article. Yes, we need to continue to talk about mental health. The attention the issue has grabbed has made a dent in attitudes and awareness, and there is more to do there.
But, despite all the talk and awareness, we still have a criminally low level of resources available actually to help people. All too often, people who hear these conversations and attend these events wind up looking for help, and finding none.
Sharing – The Importance of Role-Models for Survivors of Abuse
I’d much rather have some difficult conversations and for all of us to be uncomfortable with the topic than for that kid to feel that alone.
Review – Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
If we want to advocate for mental health, we need to advocate against policies that make mental health issues worse for so many people. Prisons do that. Putting more people in jail does that. The number of incarcerated people in the US is the highest in the world. Many of them need mental health treatment, not criminal records, and a felony conviction that prevents them from getting jobs, housing, and care even once they are outside of prison.
Link – Employers train workers to help colleagues in crisis
Frankly, this is a great idea. In my office we have a list of who knows CPR, who is responsible in case of fire, etc. Why not a similar list of who you can talk to about your mental health, who can help get you to the proper resources in a sympathetic way? “The exercise…
Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 11, 2020
How To Cope When We Feel Overwhelmed
Stigma and experiences of abuse stopped me from speaking out about my mental health
From Childhood Pain to Empowerment
Celebrating differences: World Mental Health Day 2020 toolkit : Mentally Healthy Schools
Facebook Introduces Mental Health Resource Hub
How to Set Limits When People Demand Too Much of You
What is psychological first aid and how do i practice it?
October Mental Health Awareness Events
