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Carrie has a message for child abuse survivors in Australia. tags: CA ChildAbuse New Apps Give Teens Easier, Persistent Access To Mental Help tags: CA Depression Facebook will alert you when kids go missing in your area tags: CA MM SocNetPres She was charged with sex crime; Cretin-Derham 16-year-old got the blame tags: CA ChildAbuse…
Link – Internet-based CBT effective for depressive symptoms
We’re a long way from actual proof, but the research so far is showing some promise. This could be huge, as one of the most frustrating things for people who do finally make the effort to get help for mental health issues, is a lack of available resources. Being waitlisted for even an initial appointment…
Review: Wasted By Mark Johnson
Wasted by Mark Johnson started life as a series of articles about his past as a homeless drug addict in London. These were published in the Big Issue weekly magazine that is sold by the currently and formerly homeless people in several UK cities as a job, and has been in print for 15 years…
Link – Recovery from mental illness can be a long road, be patient
But mental illness is messy and it impacts people in unique ways. While a doctor can estimate the healing time required for a sprained knee ligament, the same cannot be said for a mental illness such as schizophrenia. Each person has a unique experience with mental illness. While two people may share a diagnosis, their…
Link – Researcher: Mental health issues often progress after brain injury
This is important research, not just to help us understand what happens during relatively mild brain injuries, but to eventually find better ways to treat the mental health issues when it’s being caused by some sort of physical injury to the brain and not responding to typical treatments like talk therapy, etc. ““The study has…
Link – Older People Surviving Child Sexual Abuse
“You may be a survivor of child sexual abuse who is now in your late thirties, forties, fifties or beyond, and you may be finding that your feelings around what you experienced are worse than they have ever been, or at any rate worse that they’ve been for a long time. You may be confused as to why this…
