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Shared Links (weekly) May 14, 2023
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APA Report Says That Media & Politicians Are Simply Wrong About Kids & Social Media; Media Then Lies About Report “The American Psychological Association has put out a thoughtful, nuanced study, about kids and social media, that suggests that the hyperventilating we’ve heard about is misplaced”
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7 Simple Ways to Be Kinder to Yourself, According to Experts
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Nothing Beats Great Friendships –“True friends are those people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.
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I spent 10 years studying what makes us happy in life—here’s the No. 1 thing I overlooked the entire time– Gretchen Rubin on how we can use our senses to help our mental health.
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Sharing – Just how useful is childhood therapy?
Unfortunately, whether therapy is effective for your child, or for yourself as an adult, depends on a number of factors. Finding someone you can trust is an obvious one, and sometimes a real struggle. Elsewhere in the article, Melinda talks about the child not currently being in a traumatic situation, notably one interviewee who was seeing a therapist for depression while also being sexually abused at home. She knew she could talk about that, so the therapy was doomed from the start.
Sometimes I believe we look at mental health treatments like therapy and dismiss them because “it didn’t work” without considering all of the outside factors that can influence whether it works or not.
Link – How The Loss Of U.S. Psychiatric Hospitals Led To A Mental Health Crisis
Another example of the road to hell being paved by good intentions. A concerted effort to grow community-based care options that were less restrictive grew out of the civil rights movement and a series of scandals due to the lack of oversight in psychiatric care, Sisti says. While those efforts have been successful for many,…
Link – Taraji Henson Launches Foundation to Support Black Mental Health
Good for her. This is an issue for all people, but from what I have been reading over the years, is especially stigmatizing in the black community. It shouldn’t be that way, anywhere. “Empire” actress Taraji Henson is launching a new foundation in honor of her late father. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation will raise…
