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How Can I Help a Friend Who Seems Depressed? tags: CA Depression Rollercoaster tags: CA 5 Reasons People Don’t Report Child Abuse tags: CA Loving Someone With Depression tags: CA Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Resources tags: CA Warning signs of child abuse and neglect tags: CA The Other Victims Of Childhood Sexual Abuse…

Sharing – Recovery Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date
Expecting life to bend to our expectations and definition of what “complete” looks like will only lead to disappointment. Life is constantly in flux, full of ups and downs. Why anyone would expect treatment for mental health issues to somehow be different, is hard for me to explain.
Link – The Stigma of Family Estrangement
“When researchers asked what did provide comfort to someone who was estranged from a close family member, people said “having someone listen” to them, “being seen as normal,” having someone telling them that they were “an okay person,” and hearing that others had similar experiences all eased the pains. But the strong underlying message is that the complexity of parents and…
Review: The Gathering By Anne Enright (2007, UK)
This book won the British 2007 Booker prize and having won an award, we can vouch for the dreamy quality of the writing even if we can’t attest to the degree of realism to which the overly large Irish family is depicted. From an abuse survival point of view this book, unlike the Kite Runner,…

Sharing – Mental health ‘warmlines’: Not hotlines, they help before a crisis
This seems like a pretty decent idea, but I have some reservations. What do you think about this idea? Unlike a hotline for those in immediate crisis, warmlines provide early intervention with emotional support that can prevent a crisis – and a more costly 911 call or ER visit. The lines are typically free, confidential…
Link – Mental health difficulties start young – so why don’t we give primary schools more help?
This is a good question in the UK, as this story lays out. It’s also a good question for everywhere else as well. I know in the US we are lacking when it comes to providing much in the way of mental health resources for kids, as well as adults. But it’s particularly problematic because…