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Let’s get this straight: Child victims are never at fault | MailTribune.com
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Sandusky’s ‘Victim No. 1’ talks about preventing child sex abuse
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The article below is about the UK, where NHS funding determines how much mental health treatment is available, and when too many people need it, someone has to decide who does, and doesn’t. Usually that means people who aren’t “sick enough”, get nothing, and continue to get worse.
Can we say the same isn’t true in other countries? In the US, we have a severe shortage of mental health resources and funding too. Maybe there’s not a government agency determining who is “sick enough”, but there are plenty of obstacles to getting care that leave you with similar results. You’re not sick enough to be a priority, you’re not insured enough to get treatment, you’re not wealthy enough to get private care, and on and on.
Link – How parents behave is linked to suicide risk: research
Kids who have parents who are more involved are less likely to consider suicide. “Parents ask us all the time, ‘What can we do?’” said Keith King, who coordinates the University of Cincinnati’s health promotion and education doctoral program. “Kids need to know that someone’s got their back, and unfortunately, many of them do not….
Have you found your creativity to help with your mental health?
Turns out that doing things we like is good for our mental health, so it’s not selfish to make time for them.
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Pleasant Valley grad helps put her sexually abusive father… …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Pleasant Valley grad helps put her sexually abusive father… …
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