The Children’s Commission Report described abuse against 2409 children in the months leading up to October 2011. The BBC reported those selected findings last week but there is the usual useful collection of other angles at the end of the article, here.
Former national president of Male Survivor.org, Curtis St John, was interviewed on Oprah Winfrey’s Radio Station and a section of the interview was archived at their site. Since we don’t know just how long the clip will be archived, if you’re a male survivor of abuse, we strongly recommend that you listen to it as…
One event that we didn’t comment on during the height of the initial Pandemic lockdown last spring was the fact that the annual BBC Children in Need (CiN) Telethon shifted from November back to 23rd April to join forces with the Spring Telethon Comic Relief (or Sport Relief in alternate years). The initial “night” of…
This article makes some interesting points, which I’m going to oversimplify with this quote, so please go read the whole thing – “Positive thinking – “The past is the past and I just have to look forward”—only underscores the idea that there’s nothing to be done about the effects the past had on you. That’s…
Why asking for help is hard, but people want to help more than we realize
A new mental health hotline is focusing on providing support to farmers and ranchers
Suicidal Thoughts Exist On A Spectrum. Here’s What To Know About Each Type.
How To Survive Suicidal Thoughts, From People Who Have Been There
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in England identified several lost opportunities to put Jimmy Savile on trial as police forces failed to share information and in some cases actively rejected disclosures and attempts to report over the years with one allegation starting from the mid-1950s before the previously recorded 1963 start time to Savile’s known crimes….
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