As well as the other stories, Channel 4 also reported how Savile was put in charge of mental hospital Broadmoor at the height of his fame. That’s part of their collection of story transcripts reported in the past ten days which you can read here.
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He talks about the upcoming movie, “Precious” and how working on it brought back memories of the horrific childhood he survived. I really enjoyed this quote from Perry: “I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you…
The Atlantic has an article today about a sudden increase of movie portrayals of older women sleeping with teenage boys. They rightly point out that while these relationships are portrayed as “no big deal”, you can guarantee that there would be outrage if the genders were reversed. Maybe it’s time we started to recognize that…
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One, it’s clear that talking about mental health issues is something that younger people are more comfortable with, and the prevalence of people under 40 who called this helpline shows that.
Two, the fact that this helpline was completely anonymous, and that most of the callers were men, would indicate that the stigma surrounding men asking for help is still alive and well, in India, and I would guess many other places as well. But, give them a way for them to discuss it anonymously, and they’ll be on it.
So how do we address that stigma so men don’t have to find an anonymous helpline and can talk about mental health issues among family, friends, and therapists.
