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Another Example of our Environment Impacting Mental Health Solutions
Today, I happened to come across some more research that should make us question another of our flip answers to someone struggling with their mental health, eat healthier. Because, when eating at all is in question, telling someone to eat healthier is not solving any issues for them.
Link – How to talk to your child about sexual abuse
“Kids don’t want to talk about it. Parents don’t know how to talk about it. The only time people tend to talk about sexual abuse is when it makes the news” Sadly, this is another news story that is bringing the subject to light in New Jersey, and another opportunity to remind people that they need…
Link – Why don’t Americans get regular mental health checkups? It’s complicated.
This is reality, but she asks a good question: During my last annual physical, my mental health was addressed … to a degree. I was asked about my sleep habits, my relationship status and my alcohol intake. My appointment was with a doctor I’d never met, but I still I opened up about my ongoing…
Sharing – Building Emotional Intelligence Isn’t as Hard as You Think
Emotional intelligence is something that I struggled with while I was healing, and as I look around the child abuse survivor community, I think that struggle is common. All too often we never really learned these skills as kids, and are also usually really good at masking our emotions, even from ourselves. But, this can…
Link – Don’t dismiss tech solutions to mental health problems
I agree. We may not know how effectively using technology to help provide metal health treatment works, but it’s woth trying it out for this exact reason: “We don’t lack high-quality, evidence-based psychological treatments for many mental health problems. These treatments have been verified by dozens of clinical trials. What we are short of is…
Sharing – Suicides make up majority of gun deaths, but remain overlooked in gun violence debate
Trigger warning – discussion of suicide attempts. If you are struggling, please call 988 in the US or a helpline in your country. There is a lot of media coverage about guns in America, but this part is underrepresented in all of that coverage. Suicide is the leading cause of gun-related deaths in the United…
@SurvivorNetwork Read Ian Pace blog on truth of Fridays meeting and Woolf resignation
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): To The Secondhanders: Those Who Love People Who’ve Survived Abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse… …
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