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Link – New court pilot program helps child sex abuse victims to give evidence
This seems like an interesting thing that Australian courts are doing: “The program involves pre-recording children’s evidence and appointing trained “witness intermediaries” who help children to understand questions and get their answers across effectively. Since March last year more than 700 children have been through the NSW pilot program, which has 44 trained witness intermediaries….
Sharing – The Pandemic Finally Killed the Self-Care Myth
If we take anything away from this pandemic in terms of our self-care regiment, I hope that it is a recognition that many of our “suggestions” for how to practice self-care are completely unreachable to many folks without things like available childcare, stable incomes, some semblance of work-life balance, and the support of others. We can’t just toss another thing on the list of their responsibilities without making it possible for them to do.
Link – UK Mental Health Study
This is a really interesting, but quite lengthy, read. Brandwatch put together a large survey of UK social media conversations. We analyzed over 12 million conversations to understand how mental health is discussed online. A couple of interesting takeaways I got, though I’m sure you may come away with different ones: Clearly events like Mental Heath…
Shared Links (weekly) Aug. 8, 2021
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Sam and Chris Gould: Twins’ suicides lead to victim policing change
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Polly’s story: The long-lasting and corrosive impact of child sexual abuse
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Struggling Activist And Feeling Helpless
– Before you can do more to help others, you need to also take care of your own mental health.
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The science behind panic attacks — and what can you do to manage them
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“Instagram therapy” and how women use social media for mental health support, solidarity
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Prison and mental illness: the unmet needs associated with reincarceration
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Link – Child Physical Abuse Exists in All Corners of the Country
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and I thought it would be worthwhile to review the scope of the problem we are trying to prevent. Child physical abuse exists in all corners of the country and affects children of all ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic groups. Check the statistics. Child abuse happens everywhere, it’s not…
