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
I think this is something we all need to take to heart, and spend more time thinking about: “When someone commits sexual abuse over a long period of time, our first instinct may be to question how they were able to keep their crimes hidden. For many of us, it can be difficult to comprehend…
Should you feel compassion for prisoners?– what if I told you that maybe 72% of people in jail have diagnosable and long untreated, mental health disorders?
Live, laugh, lava: Yellowstone offers respite for teens struggling with mental health
“Depression also often comes with a sense of hopelessness, or a belief that things won’t change no matter what you do, which doesn’t help when it comes to deciding to get treatment, Clark says. But unfortunately, not getting care can make things even worse. “This hopelessness, if left unchecked, can feed a vicious cycle of…
This is interesting. There’s no question that our mental health system in the US is not getting the job done, and a big reason is because it simply isn’t funded properly. But could it be the stigma of mental illness that is causing that problem in the first place? Could it be that not having…
You should read the whole article, Dr. Jeglic does a good job describing the issue, what we do know about female perpetrators and what we don’t know. Mostly we don’t know because of this: “When most people envision a sex offender, they do not picture a woman. While the majority of sex offenders are indeed…
Edie shares this experience with a new client. Now, there are legal reasons a therapist cannot acknowledge a patient in public, but I’ve seen some cases where the extent of this privacy can also be a bit off-putting. The very first therapist I went to actually had two separate doors to the office. You would…