Some more myths about mental illness thanks to the Society for Human Resource Management:
http://blog.shrm.org/blog/5-myths-about-mental-illness
I especially like the fact that, as an organization that deals with the workplace environment, they are willing to say that workers dealing with mental illness struggles are not bad workers, unstable or potentially violent in any larger degree than all workers are.
A former priest who abused boys over a 24-year period has been caged for 21 years, or one year for each guilty conviction. Richard Robinson, now 73, had emigrated to California during the 1980s and needed to be extradited to face the charges. However the change in tide over Catholic child abuse clearly assisted the…
We’re used to hearing about child abuse in the Catholic Church and the responses from officials which sought to bury it. It’s a refreshing contrast to find that when a Scottish Jehovah’s Witness offended against a child 14 years ago, the victim’s disclosure was met with support and the elders encouraged the perpetrator to confess,…
According to a study, yes. Why, on the other hand, is anyone’s guess. Is it due to abused children being more likely to be exposed to second hand smoke? Could be. I was exposed to second hand smoke as a child, but I don’t have asthma. I do, however, have numerous allergies, and had many…
Male Rape and Child Abuse charity Survivors UK launched a new ad campaign at the start of the week, mounting large posters on London’s Underground subway system and also at the city’s busiest train station Clapham Junction. The Daily Mail and New York Daily News have the story here and here. Hopefully the money spent on this…
One event that we didn’t comment on during the height of the initial Pandemic lockdown last spring was the fact that the annual BBC Children in Need (CiN) Telethon shifted from November back to 23rd April to join forces with the Spring Telethon Comic Relief (or Sport Relief in alternate years). The initial “night” of…
Children In Need (CiN) is the annual winter appeal of over 80 years’ standing. After every November appeal the final tally is redistributed to other charities “on the ground” to help children. The Sunday Express reported today that the charity’s trustees are facing pressure to increase the amount of money going to charities related to child abuse. It’s…
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