This Week’s Links (weekly)

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Link – Spirituality vs. Mental Disorders: God Doesn’t Hate Medication

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“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,…

Link – A shockingly large majority of health news shared on Facebook is fake

Link – A shockingly large majority of health news shared on Facebook is fake

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I feel like I just wrote something similar to this. Oh yeah, I did: “Of the top 10 shared articles, scientists found that three quarters were either misleading or included some false information. Only three were considered “highly credible.” Some lacked context of the issue, exaggerated the harms of a potential threat, or overstated research…

Abuse Excuse Fails as Double Killer Sentenced to Life Without Parole

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Homeless drifter Stephen Farrow claimed to have been abused by an Anglican priest as child, which fed his hatred of religion. In addition to various violent acts during his youth, his actions finally culminated in the stabbing murders of another priest, Rev. John Suddards, and 77 year old Betty White. We don’t call it Life without…

Sharing – Child sex abuse survivors are five times more likely to be the victims of sexual assault later in life

Sharing – Child sex abuse survivors are five times more likely to be the victims of sexual assault later in life

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

The results of this study were pretty bleak, but they’re also complicated. “Unfortunately, though, child sexual abuse survivors were much more likely than those in the control group to be re-victimised in what are considered medium and high harm personal injury crimes. For instance, they were five times more likely to have been victims of…

Reading – Tumblr Is Becoming A Resource For Teen Suicide Prevention

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Good for them for trying to make a positive difference in place of the mess that many social networks become for teens. Personally, I find Tumblr to be a scary place when you consider the idea of suicide contagion, and how having that much discussion about suicide on a day to day basis might be…

Shared Links (weekly) April 23, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) April 23, 2023

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