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Link – Your Story Matters
Quite honestly, what Nathan writes here is true for everyone who is writing about mental health, or as a survivor. Sharing my story has been worthwhile in many ways, but there’s no denying that there’s a sense of exposure and vulnerability that accompanies it. The more open I’ve been, the more I’ve felt this way….
Link – Chicago-area Advocate program helps children recover from sexual abuse
“For months, Erin Hagerty tried to get the young boy to open up about his traumatic past. Instead, he spent entire sessions avoiding eye contact, staring at the wall and refusing to speak. But Hagerty, a clinical psychologist with the Advocate Childhood Trauma Treatment Program didn’t give up on the child, who had been abandoned…
Sharing – LA County Officials Grapple With Inmates Suffering From Mental Health Issues
On a much-discussed topic around this blog, I found this NPR feature to be a very worthwhile read. Not only doers it define one of the huge problems with mental health care in the US, but it goes to talk about some solutions: “It has put the jails in an awkward position. Today the three…
Sharing – My Life With Mental Health Issues
I was going to share this article without comment, but I also realized that I really, really, want you to read Johnnie’s last two paragraphs, because this is vital: “I believe today, there are many among us who have recovered from mental health issues and yet no one knows their story. We all want to…
Link – Men And Women Should Be Treated For Depression Differently, Study Suggests
I mean, we already know depression symptoms vary widely by individual, and that there are general differences in how those symptoms are displayed by men and women, now we have actual gene studies of brains to show that there is a difference: “It’s worth remembering that major depressive disorder affects women approximately twice as often…
