Last week, I linked to an article and discussed the importance of mental health care in UK primary schools.
Today, I wanted to follow up on that with a couple of links to articles that talk about this same problem in the US, and the importance of getting help early.
Adolescent Depression: Early Mental Health Services Are Key
We need to provide better mental health treatment in schools. Here’s how to start.
The Sun reported the sentencing of a woman in Indiana for sexually abusing a 13 year old friend of her son. Despite being eligible for parole in nine years, the woman was told she would serve 20, with a further decade of probation whenever she goes free. Whatever the length of the sentence in the…
The reality is people with addiction are still people. As are child abuse survivors, those dealing with mental health issues, people in prison, and on and on. Unfortunately, in our rush to convince ourselves that these “bad” things would never happen to us, or our family, we dehumanize the people who do have these “bad”…
21 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Depressed This matches my experience with depression, so very much! tags: CA Depression Wisconsin Recruit to Take Leave for Depression tags: CA Depression We must help teens understand the seriousness of child sexual abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Why Survivors Need Each Other tags: CA ChildAbuse 10 Things No…
I can’t help but wonder how many of those teens who feel like they have no one to talk to about their emotions have parents who don’t think their teen has emotional struggles because, surely, they would talk to their “supportive” parents.
Don’t assume your kids are fine because they haven’t talked to you about struggling. They may be in that gap.
Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds– When in-person therapy is so hard to find, this is very disappointing.
Women Who Have Had A Miscarriage Struggle With Grief On Mother’s Day
Nearly half of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide, survey finds
To mark Mental Health Awareness Month, KQED compiled a list of shows related to mental health and youth mental health for listeners. If you’re looking for some mental health shows to learn from, you could do worse than browse the featured one they shared, and the link to all of their previous mental health resources….
