Links I’m Sharing (weekly) – July 12, 2020
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Sharing – AP Investigation: Many US jails fail to stop inmate suicides
First off, if prison guards and officials don’t know enough to make sure people who need medication are able to take it, we need to correct that. That is just abject failure to be human. But we also need to understand why someone having a mental health crisis being in jail is a bad idea…
Link – My Battle Against Depression As a Child and What I Wish I Would’ve Known
This is why we need to not only talk about depression and mental health of adults, but maybe even more importantly, to talk about it with children. We have an opportunity to get involved and help young people to avoid self-destructive behaviors later in life, but too often, we don’t do it. “My parents and…
Link – Child victims of violent and sexual crimes ‘not being taken seriously’
We still don’t want to acknowledge what is happening. We’d rather pretend that these stories of horrific abuse are made up, or a child’s imagination. They aren’t, and they need to be taken seriously. Child victims of violent and sexual crimes are not being taken seriously when they report offences, the victims’ commissioner for England…
Link – Be good to yourself
There is a lot to love about Melissa’s story. Her encouragement to take care of yourself, to recognize when the stress is too much, and when you need to stop. But this is one of the things about her story that frustrates me as an advocate: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/be-good-to-yourself-489996411.html “What this means: if you are an employer,…
Link – Lost in the Mix: The Voice of the Families of Adolescents Who Have Abused
This is something we haven’t even begun to understand, because we don’t want to, but I’m not sure that’s a good idea. Let’s face it: Even a quick scan of the media suggests that when abuse occurs, most people want to make the abuse just go away… along with the abuser. It can take a…
