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The Psych Approach – NYTimes.com ” Childhood stress can have long lasting neural effects, making it harder to exercise self-control, focus attention, delay gratification and do many of the other things that contribute to a happy life.” tags: CA Blog Against Child Abuse – September 2012 Edition tags: CA Sibling Abuse – Children Abusing Other…
Mental Health Podcasts
I have listened to podcasts for years now, mostly about technology and sports. Recently, I saw an article about mental health podcasts, which probably should not have come as a surprise to me. There are plenty of mental health bloggers, so why not podcasters too? 😉 Speaking the Unspeakable: Podcasts offer listeners (and hosts) new…

Sharing – Twitter Thread on How Colleges Can Better Mental Health Services
I honestly think one of the reasons we see so many articles about exercise, eating right, or yes, puppies, as the cure for depression and anxiety, is because we really just want it to be that easy, so it can be “fixed” and we can go back to ignoring the problem. But, umm yeah. There’s…
This Week’s Links (weekly)
Woman/Boy Relationships in Pop Culture: No Big Deal – Jordan Larson – The Atlantic tags: CA Taking the Time: Healing Happens at a Trot, Not a Gallop tags: CA Petra’s Birthday Wish for Male Abuse Awareness Week 2013 tags: CA The Reality of Depression : It Exists : Caregivers, Family tags: CA Chilling experiment shows…

Sharing – Male mental health undermined by friends’ desire to advise
Guys, let’s be honest, this statistic is just as true outside the UK as it is inside where this survey was done, and it’s proof positive that we aren’t doing something right. The mental health charity surveyed 3,000 men and found that only a quarter would openly tell their male friends if they were struggling with…

Link – Not all child abusers are monsters: experts
There is some discussion of prevention and working with pedophiles in the article, and there are lots of opinions on that, and discussions we should be having. Regardless of that though, this is something we need to stop, assuming that child molesters are “monsters” that are outside the norms of society, because it truly does…