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My Friend Abuses His Wife! How Can I Help? (pt 2) tags: CA Why Children Don’t Tell About Sexual Abuse (Part 5: They’re Ashamed) tags: CA 12 Depression Busters for Men tags: CA Is it Sadness or Depression? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are…
Review: Chosen (2008, Brian Woods, UK)
Chosen tells the story of the three boys at an English public school in the 1960s and their life beyond that time. Director Brian Woods structured the film in three acts describing the three intereviewees’ arrival at the school, followed by their targeting, grooming and abuse. Finally the varied emotional, legal and practical aftermath for…
Police Report Into Savile Published
Central London Police station New Scotland Yard published a 30 page report into Jimmy Savile’s reign of Child Sexual abuse and grooming today, in conjunction with the NSPCC which is measured at between 40 and 50 years, the victim count has risen to 600 without an upper limit and there were at least ten more hospitals where he…
Sharing – Youth mental health: Mindfulness training isn’t the answer, UK study finds
What we see here is what we see for a lot of mental health solutions, it works for some, and doesn’t work for others. Mental health is complicated. As the article points out, if the school environment is hurting student mental health or they are living in an environment at home that does the same, mindfulness isn’t going to change that and isn’t likely to have much of an overall impact even if they engage.
It’s complicated. The solutions are going to be complicated as well. I’d like some simple mindfulness training to be “the answer” for everyone too, but it just isn’t.
On the other hand, if it helps you, keep doing it.
Savile-Founded Charities To Close Down
On the same day new BBC Director General answered questions in front of a Parliamentary Select Committee, the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust and the Jimmy Savile Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust both decided to close down rather than just changing their names. Their funds will be distributed anonymously to other charities. That story is here at…
