To be fair, as the article does point out, college programs don’t have the resources. Neither do programs for adults, programs for children, etc.
We don’t have answers for people in crisis. We aren’t even coming up with anything new. It’s time for new ideas.
https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/06/mental-health-college-students/
This is a great article aimed at military families, but I think we could all use a quick lesson on the “ACE” methodology. Ask – Care – Escort. So many of us are afraid to ask, because we don’t know what to do next. The most important thing you can do is care, and then…
Even if you’re not interested in the podcast about mental health and religion, keep this page handy. It is chock full of resources of all types for suicide prevention. We need to make sure these resources are handy, and get them to people who need them! https://cxmhpodcast.com/show-notes/2017/9/28/bonus-suicide-prevention-resources
“Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan, particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally “boy play,” and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when…
It may not be the most popular, positive advice you’ve ever heard, but it is reality. In any relationship you can only give what you have, and if you are neglecting your own needs, eventually that will lead to having nothing. In the case of trying to support someone dealing with depression or healing from…
As many of you know, we spent much of 2019 grieving. Then, we spent most of 2020, and the early parts of 2021 dealing with a global pandemic. Now that I have been vaccinated, I am also realizing just how much PTSD I’m dealing with. As I have read a few times in the last couple of weeks about others, I am now in a situation where I should feel pretty safe, but I don’t. I’ve spent 2 years waiting for someone else I know to die, and then doing my best to not be near anyone. I can’t just turn that off now that I have been vaccinated. I still get extremely anxious when I have to be somewhere. I still pay very, very careful attention to anyone around me when I’m in public, and just generally spend that time being on edge, constantly. It’s exhausting. It makes me want to stay home, and avoid people. My being vaccinated didn’t change that at all.
If you want to know why you’ve been married three – or more — times. Or why you just can’t stop smoking. Or why the ability to control your drinking is slipping away from you. Or why you have so many physical problems that doctors just can’t seem to help you with. Or why you…
