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Link – What I’ve learned about child abuse: Advice from a child protection detective
So much of this. Straight from the “keyboard” of someone working in law enforcement. Read it all. https://www.zebracentre.ca/blog/2017/3/14/what-ive-learned-about-child-abuse-advice-from-a-child-protection-detective
Sharing – How being sad, depressed, and anxious online became trendy
There is a lot to consider in this article, and I hope that many of us in the “advocate” community will stop to consider it. What is the difference between trying to destigmatize mental health issues, and making them look glamorous? “There is no quick and dirty guide for how we can do sad online…
Link – Tokyo Zoo Offers Itself up as Refuge for Anyone Suffering From Depression or Anxiety – Geek.com
This is actually a pretty decent message. I mean, sure it’s also a marketing ploy, but it is important to have somewhere you can go to recharge and be safe from time to time. Zoos are a fairly good choice for that. “To everyone who’s feeling distressed about going back to school, When running away…
Sharing – Is it really OK to not be OK?
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.
Sharing – Carrying heavy secrets alone: sexual trauma disclosure in boys and men
We shouldn’t act surprised when claims of abuse are revealed many years after the act. That’s not evidence that the claim is false; it’s just the norm.
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