Link – Mental Health Facts, Stats, and Data
Hint – the current state is not great. But, if you want to know more, there is a ton of information available here.
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/state-mental-health-america
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Whatever your opinion of the family and their beliefs, the girls were underage victims who deserved the anonymity that we would expect any underage victim to get. If we allow this to go just because they were famous, or we don’t really like the family anyway, then we are sending the message that not every child who was sexually abused deserves their privacy.
Sharing – How Stories Help Children Build Emotional Intelligence
It’s not just a lack of children’s stories that could help them develop these skills; it’s a lack of adults who can provide the example of those skills in action. It’s almost as if we don’t see the issues with emotional intelligence and mental health among young people as something older generations contributed to, by not being able to pass on our own stories as examples, because we didn’t have the skills either. We just grew up in a time when talking about it was considered taboo, and look how well that has turned out for us.
New Database of Available Mental Health Services
The site is available here:
https://www.covidmentalhealthsupport.org/
It appears to be limited to the US, despite the fact that it lets you type in another country. I just showed no countries showing up in the list other than the US regardless of what I typed, but maybe at some point it will add more resources, or if you know of a similar resource in your country, feel free to drop a link in the comments.
Sharing – My Life With Mental Health Issues
I was going to share this article without comment, but I also realized that I really, really, want you to read Johnnie’s last two paragraphs, because this is vital: “I believe today, there are many among us who have recovered from mental health issues and yet no one knows their story. We all want to…
Seattle Times Launching Mental Health Project
I’m not in the Pacific Northwest any longer, but if you are, or if you’re interested in learning about the issues surrounding mental health in Washington State, which I assume are going to be similar to everywhere else in the US, they will be launching a two-year project to look at mental health.
