This Week’s Links (weekly)
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10 Daily Affirmations for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse – Oprah.com
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CBT Helps Relieve Depression When Medication Fails | Psych Central News
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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10 Daily Affirmations for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse – Oprah.com
tags: CA
CBT Helps Relieve Depression When Medication Fails | Psych Central News
tags: CA
tags: CA
The Forgotten Many: Sex Trafficked Boys
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Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse: Calling for submissions
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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tomorrow evening, ESPN’s excellent E:60 program will do a piece on Invisible Victims: According to experts, children with disabilities are three times more likely than children without them to be victims of sexual abuse. And when the disability is mental rather than physical – meaning the disability is not immediately visible – the cases are…
“One day, a Canadian friend, whose husband and daughter I had met in Honduras during a mission trip in 2011, sent me a Bible verse after learning of my anxiety. Jeremiah 29:11, which is a verse that I had read often, says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord,…
And this, simply, is the best reason for people to talk about their own mental health struggles, and journey. “People with depression may be more likely to seek treatment if they know of others with emotional problems or others who have sought treatment for emotional problems, suggests a study in Psychiatric Services in Advance.” It’s…
It’s Time to Stop Blaming Men for Their Mental Health Woes Male suicide rates in Wales ‘a national emergency’ Those with mental illness need more programs not just more slogans ‘Like hearing their voices’: Researcher analyzes suicide notes to save lives What It Was Like Doing the ’10-Year Photo Challenge’ as a Childhood Trauma Survivor…
I have noticed that playing music around our house definitely raises my spirits in a similar way as exercise, so it’s nice to know that researchers are looking into some other options for helping our mental health above and beyond “get more exercise”.
What I like more though, is a research article that contains this common-sense reminder about how we are all different:
One problem with blanket rules for everything is that there will always be a situation where the rule harms someone. Parental consent rules are one example. Sure, it’s great when parents are involved in their kids’ care. It’s ideal, even.Â
That assumes they have good parents, though. When the thing a kid needs protection against is the parent, you can’t demand the parent’s consent for that.