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Link – Why Pastors Are Committing Suicide
Pastors arenātĀ immune to the rising suicide rates. More than half of pastors have counseled people who were later diagnosed with a mental illness (59 percent), andĀ about a quarter say theyāve experienced some type of mental illness themselves (23 percent). According to LifeWay, 12 percent have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. Chuck Hannaford, a…
Sharing – Study Links Childhood Unpredictability to Mental Health
When you’re a child, everything is about routines and certainty. Waking up every day and having food to eat, adults who love you and care for you, education, friends, etc. Growing up in an environment where none of that is certain is similar to growing up with traumatic events.Ā
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Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims ā Shed light on violence ā Bangor Daily News ā BDN Maine tags: CA My Backstory: Itās Essential To Tell tags: CA From Tracie: Blog Against Child Abuse – April 2013 Edition tags: CA Understand signs of sexual abuse, child advocates urge parents, others tags: CA Posted…
Link – Male mental health: Why we need to talk about the boys
These are, indeed, sobering statistics coming out of the UK: “The latest research indicates that one in eight children now has a diagnosable mental health disorder ā up from one in 10 in 2004. But these are just the reported cases. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 45. Today, that…
Link – How Black Boys Suffer Sexual Abuse in Silence
Our media generally frames victims of sexual abuse as white and female. And the national discourse on the subject of molestation and rape is largely within a heteronormative paradigm. The concept of male-on-male child sexual abuse is seen as something that rarely happens; when it does, the perpetrator is often dismissed as a sexually deviant…
Link – Mental health problems ‘block travel insurance cover’
This is a BBC article, so it’s clearly about folks in the UK. I’m wondering though if others outside the UK have seen this as well? Ben Rathe had a diagnosis of depression six years ago. He was given anti-depressants by his doctor and went on a course of therapy. The 30-year-old said that his…
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