Mental Health Isn’t Something New; Its Real and We’re Finally Talking About It
We Can End Digital Victim-Blaming: How to Support Survivors of Sexual Violence Online
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This article is about the UK, but we’ve seen plenty of similar stories in the US. I’m sure many of you from other countries might even see it in your areas as well. The Chief Inspector of Prisons has just described the past year as a “dramatic period in which we documented some of the most…
Last week, Channel 4 broadcast The Paedophile Next Door, in which they not only looked at the issue of child sexual abuse, but talked to a self-confessed, but non-abusing paedophile. Phil over at the All that is Solid… blog wrote up a detailed review of what was discussed and the issues it raised. In the…
Jail is a terrible place for someone having a mental health crisis: “Across the country, and especially in rural areas, people in the middle of a mental health crisis are locked in a cell when a hospital bed or transportation to a hospital isn’t immediately available. The patients are transported from the ER like inmates,…
RASAC Stands for Rape And Sexual Abuse Counselling and is an offshoot of the Winchester Area Community Action group. It’s been going since 1995 but recently received more promotional support with leaflets and cards denoting support from Hampshire County Council, the police authority and NHS Hampshire. The charity tackles any unwanted sexual encounter from either…
“It has been well-documented (link is external) that autobiographical memories associated with smell are frequently more intense and emotionally tinged than memories associated with other sensory cues. This is due to the uniquely direct access smells have to the olfactory cortex, and the proximity of this area of the brain to the limbic system and the…
