National Child Abuse Prevention Month Don’t Wait: Talk to Your Kids About Online Safety
Forgotten Memories of Traumatic Events Get Some Backing from Brain-Imaging Studies
How to talk to the men in your life about their mental health
Simple joys are all around us, but it can be easy to miss them.
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Also by the end of February 2014, BBC National Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis was cleared of 12 out of 14 counts of indecent assault with the jury deadlocked over the final two counts. He then found out that the remaining two counts are to be the focus of a retrial. The BBC Story…
“So now I speak. Bravely, bluntly, honestly. However you want to look at it, I speak. I’m a sexual abuse survivor and I did exactly that – I survived. Even now as I write this, I’m aware that future employers and my father’s family can see my words but I refuse to bow down to…
This goes double, triple, maybe more, for mental health news and studies. In today’s New York Times, Emily Parker writes about something that we all sort of know but don’t want to face: When it comes to fake news going viral, Facebook, Twitter, and Google aren’t the entire problem. We are. We want the quick…
Medication Changes Without a Doctor’s Input Can Be Disastrous tags: CA Depression 6 Famous People with Depression Who Inspire Me | World of Psychology tags: CA Depression How Do You Tell Your Kid You Are A Survivor Of Child Sexual Abuse? tags: CA ChildAbuse Real Talk with Rachel: 3 Steps to Let Go of the…
Another youth sport infected by sexual abuse. It’s sad that something that can do so much for teaching kids self-esteem, teamwork and confidence is, in fact, stripping that all away by victimizing them instead. We need to get this eradicated from all youth sports, whether it be hockey, swimming, tae kwon do, gymnastics or any…
Child abuse is seriously damaging. We all know that. What we, unfortunately, don’t hear often enough is that while it can have lifelong impact, those impacts are not just our “destiny”. “Northwestern University investigators said that given the serious health consequences of childhood abuse later in life — such as heart disease, stroke, and some cancers —…
