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Link – We Cannot Ignore Wealth And Class When We Talk About Mental Illness
I think Erin makes some important points in this post. I encourage you to go read the whole thing and take a minute to think about the issue of class and poverty as it relates to mental health. Not because middle and upper class people don’t have serious mental health issues. They do, mental health…
Links I’m Sharing (weekly) – July 12, 2020
Lessons in Self-Talk
When Your “Person” Has Depression
In India, the deepening of the mental health crisis
How Childhood Trauma Causes Imbalanced Growth
People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs
What Recovering from Depression has Taught Me
Online Mental Health Treatment Shouldn’t End With the Pandemic
Surviving Your Family by Setting Boundaries
Shared Links (weekly) April 3, 2022
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The Importance of Mental Health During Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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To understand our nation’s mental health crisis, look no further than the emergency department
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5 ways college instructors can help students take care of their mental health
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How Medical Trauma and Chronic Illness Trigger My Childhood Trauma
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I Just Unfollowed Hundreds of People on Social Media – Here’s Why You Should, Too – “There are so many good, empowering, accounts out there. There’s no need to follow people who make you feel less-than.”
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If we all talked about suicide, wouldn’t that be better for everyone?
Sharing – Love thy neighbor, improve your mental health, says BYU study
I’ve seen numerous comments like this from social scientists this year, and I have to say, there’s definitely something to it.
““I get tons of people asking me what we can do during the pandemic to try to stay connected and stave off loneliness,” said BYU psychology professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad, who co-led the project. “Conducting this experiment during pandemic conditions—which we didn’t originally plan—we found that people can experience significant reductions in loneliness even in tough times just by doing things that are easy, free and require no training to help the people around them.””
Sharing – Every Mind Matters
This is a resource put together specifically by the NHS for people to help deal with the COVID-19 lockdown, but I think quite a few of the articles and informational guides would be helpful for anyone this year. It’s all about looking after your mental health under trying circumstances, so even if you live in…
Link – Just 16% of survivors of child abuse feel needs met by mental health services
The number is startling, but we also have to acknowledge that it shouldn’t be surprising. We already know that the stigma associated with coming forward prevents many survivors from even talking about their abuse until years later, and that they pay a heavy mental health price during those years in general. We also know the…