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I wouldn’t be quite as rich as Diane claims, but I’ve had a fair number of people, many in unexpected places, share their stories of being abused as a child with me, too. The problem is much, much, larger than most people think it is. “If I had a nickel for every person who shared…
Sharing – Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER
What we don’t hear a lot about are the details, specifically, about what happens when the treatment resources don’t exist to meet the need. We may not think we are rounding up unhoused people and putting them in jails, but where do we think they will go when there aren’t enough treatment options? That’s going to include a lot of kids escaping abusive homes. Other kids end up hanging around the ER waiting for treatment if they aren’t in a penal facility already. Plenty of others remain in dangerous situations while they and their parents stay and search for somewhere to get treatment. Â
Sharing – Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns about youth mental health
I appreciate the fact that the current Surgeon General seems to understand that dealing with mental health issues in the US is not going to be one simple thing that makes it all better. This quote demonstrates that he understands that the problem is multi-dimensional and that any solution will also have to be:
Sharing – They need therapy — but are turning to A.I. instead
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Link – Relatively Speaking, It Isn’t Absolutely True
I enjoyed this article because it highlights not just how irresponsible some of the media reporting around health studies, specifically mental health studies is, but how it happens because, IMHO, people don’t actually understand statistics. Let me provide a completely made-up example to demonstrate this as simply as I can. Let’s say that right now,…
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Don’t excuse female predators of children … …
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