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Link – Why sex offender registries don’t work
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Sharing – Mental healthcare hit by ‘alarming’ shortage of psychiatrists
The US doesn’t have a set number of positions, but we are definitely seeing a similar shortage when it comes to mental health resources. In England, 9.9% of full-time consultant posts in psychiatry are vacant, almost double the 5.2% which were unfilled in 2013, according to the college’s biennial workforce research report. In all 568…
NY-Based CSA Awareness/Prevention group, Justtell.org
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Sharing – Science Says People Like You More Than You Know
I’m glad there’s a study that finally shows something I’ve suspected for awhile now: This type of self-critical thinking explains what’s called the “liking gap.” The liking gap describes how we systematically underestimate how much other people like us. In a study by Dr. Erica J. Boothby, at Cornell University, and her colleagues, the researchers…
Links (weekly)
Finding hope after sexual abuse tags: CA Blog Against Child Abuse – January 2012 Edition tags: CA As Victims, Men Struggle for Rape Awareness tags: CA Sexual Abuse in youth sports: 10 tips for keeping children safe tags: CA 5 Strategies to Soothe Stress tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links…
