Universities shouldn’t just treat mental illness – they should help prevent it too
FCC votes to set up 3-digit suicide hotline number like 911 – Eventually, you’ll be able to dial 988, but for now, we still want to keep this number handy. 800-273-TALK (8255)
Three Mens’ Journey: Moncton musicians help other men open up about mental illness
“A few months ago we put out the call to our community asking what they wish had happened in the wake of their abuse. We read each email and felt the pain, the anger, the frustration, the sadness. The loss. We decided to use their words to help parents and other adults understand what a…
Two teacher stories appeared in two countries this week, one in Montana where the male teacher got a month for sleeping with a 14 year old student, and another in Scotland where the female teacher was put on the register and cautioned under Scottish law for sleeping with a 16 year old. Those stories are…
“The most maddening—and the most common—response I get when I write about the daughters and sons of unloving mothers is that people point out that the ones I write about were “only” (quotations marks mine, and meant ironically) verbally abused. Science knows better, but the culture does not; the mantra seems to be that if…
Found this review from Louise Bradley on the Mental Health Commission of Canada website and thought the book by Anna Mehler Paperny might be of interest to readers here as well. In her words: Paperny is a journalist. She also lives with treatment resistant depression. Her book could be summed up in three words: know…
The choice to share your story or not, and who to share it with, is an intensely personal one. This article points out some of the benefits of doing it, but doesn’t really address the reasons why a survivor might not share. What do you think? What made you decide to share, or not share?…
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