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Sharing – Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify a new target: Mental health programs
Maybe, most importantly, these parents seem to think they know better, that the mental health of their kids is something they can handle on their own. We know that isn’t true. We know the number of teens who have considered suicide is much higher than the number of parents who think their teen has. That doesn’t suggest that what we’ve been doing is working, it suggests that having mental health resources available at school is a net positive for everyone.
But that fact appears to be no match compared to stigma and conspiracy theories.
Sharing – Our View: It’s time to recognize, research, and remove environmental causes of mental illness
We have only recently realized that childhood trauma can change the way our brains develop, or that concussions can change our brains permanently. We are still learning the details of how that happens and in the very early stages of figuring out how to treat that.
Could living in a polluted area do something similar? Of course. Why wouldn’t we believe that? It’s another example of something we are just beginning to understand about our brains and mental health.
Sharing – Though not their purpose, some economic and social policies can help prevent suicide
It turns out that our environment contributes to the mental health crisis, and improving that environment lessens the suicide risk. If the goal is to prevent suicide, then we need to be looking at the world we create around people.Â
Shared Links (weekly) March 20, 2022
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Earn your Be There Certificate!! – Learn to support someone struggling with their mental health through this online course created by Jack.org in partnership with Born This Way Foundation.
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New Report Shows an Increased Effort by Tech Companies to Detect CSAM on the Internet
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More Latino men are dying by suicide even as national rate declines
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Dr Jessica Taylor: Calling women hysterical shuts down legitimate responses to trauma
Sharing – How to lower a troubling male suicide rate? End the myths about emotions.
I’ve seen this time and time again. As men, we might even be told that we should be open to our emotions, but there are still very few spaces for men to show emotion. Sports is one example of a space where we can show excitement or disappointment. Sometimes, we can show more complex emotions, but only in romantic relationships—never with friends.Â
He also discusses the limited range of emotions usually deemed acceptable for men. Note how anger is one we are allowed to have and how it gets used as the cover for several more complicated emotions. That might also explain why men with depression don’t come across as sad but angry and thus don’t get diagnosed with depression as often as women. It doesn’t “look” like the depression we see in the media.Â
