This is an opinion piece from the UK, but I think the same could be said for the US, or many other places as well. We simply don’t provide for mental health care the way that we should, and we pay the price.
The state of our mental health system is one of the great scandals of our time
“Sometimes the first step is the hardest. A step towards acceptance. A step towards treatment. A step towards recovery. When you live with a mental illness, often times that step involves therapy. But therapy can be a scary concept, especially if the same voice in your head that’s fueling your mental illness is saying you…
“Education can’t get rid of mental illness but it can give you the tools you need to do what you can to stack the odds in your favour that you won’t get it,” said Kutcher, a former member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s youth advisory committee. Without this education, misinformation and isolation run…
I hesitate to even quote the final paragraph from Dr. Grohol’s article below,because everyone should read the whole thing, but I’m going to anyway: “You will get through this coronavirus anxiety and come out the other side of the pandemic okay. Just don’t panic, use your common sense, and take reasonable precautions and measured actions…
Seven weeks after the 100th episode, Criminal Minds looked like it had peaked with its realistic depictions of the effects of child abuse. The 16th episode of the season, “Mosley Lane”, is the one that topped second season classic “P911” whilst retaining part of the earlier episode’s format; of stolen children helping each other, with…
Frankly, I am concerned too: “Experts on child sexual abuse are extremely concerned about the rise of conspiracy theories, particularly in what are intended as safe places for survivors. “It’s very discomforting” to know that sexual abuse survivors are being drawn into conspiracy theories like QAnon, says Jetta Bernier, executive director for Mass Kids, a…
I love that this story is being told for a number of reasons. First, and foremost, I think it’s important that people understand how child abuse can lead to very serious issues around relationships and intimacy. Not all of those issues will look like this, a massive fear of intimacy that leads to trying to…
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