Shared Links (weekly) May 30, 2021
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7 Representations of Abuse in Media That Validated My Experiences
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Counselling has long-term mental health benefit for children
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7 Representations of Abuse in Media That Validated My Experiences
Counselling has long-term mental health benefit for children
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Spotted another book review over on PsychCentral that I thought you might be interested in: What comes to mind when you think of the term mental illness? Do you think of individuals who are thriving, successful, independent, and happy? Or do you picture individuals who are locked away from society because of dangerous hallucinations and…
I thought this was interesting, because we don’t often talk about how the struggle to know how to navigate adult life plays out in the workplace. And yet, our emotional responses to adult life are often most obvious in the workplace. We spend enough time there, it only makes sense that the way we relate…
The Guardian has published an interesting article about why it’s dropping the terms “child porn” or “child pornography” from its style guide. It’s a timely article considering that there always seems to be some kind of loaded language game going on when discussing child abuse survivors. For example we have some journalists reporting on “coming…
A problem that we often read about in the US, is also a problem in Canada, because while public health care is available for Canadians, that doesn’t include mental health services that would help avoid problems later on. In 2018, the Canadian Mental Health Association published a paper calling on the federal government to publicly…
9 Holiday Depression Busters tags: CA 10 Daily Affirmations for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse – Oprah.com tags: CA CBT Helps Relieve Depression When Medication Fails | Psych Central News tags: CA Child Alone tags: CA The Forgotten Many: Sex Trafficked Boys tags: CA Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse: Calling for submissions tags: CA Posted…
It’s bad, and it’s getting worse. When will we realize how much this contributes to many of the other societal problems that we have with addiction and suicide and turn this around? The survey spanned eight years and involved more than 200,000 people living in the US aged between 18 and 64. It concluded that…