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Link – What Men Really Think About Mental Health Stigma
“Talking about mental health is the first step to eliminating the negative stereotype around it — but for men, this can be particularly challenging. Approximately 6 million American men have depression each year, yet research shows many are reluctant to disclose their mental illness symptoms and are averse to seeking treatment. This is a dangerous…

Shared Links (weekly) October 24, 2021
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We know kids are struggling with their mental health. Here’s how you can help
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Should students take mental health days? How should they be used?
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What Is Toxic Positivity, and How Can It Harm Your Mental Health?
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Tim Ferriss on How He Survived Suicidal Depression and His Tools for Warding Off the Darkness
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News avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with better mental well-being

Sharing – How To Help De-Escalate Bad Situations When You’re In Public
I think we can agree that having a manic episode in public shouldn’t mean you can be killed. We’d like to think we would be better than that but faced with an uncomfortable situation that is exactly what happened. Probably because no one on that subway expected that the possibility existed and hadn’t considered how they would act and how it might help until it was too late. The article linked below offers some good advice for how to both keep yourself safe and also de-escalate the situation. Which is what should happen if at all possible. Escalating the situation rarely ends well. Someone died in this case. Let’s do what we can to prevent escalation so that no one has to get hurt.

Link – Why a third of UK employees keep mental illness a secret at work
This is a nice thought, but it’s not even close to the reality of the workplace in the UK or US. Managers are rarely given any training, and many would do the exact opposite of what this article suggests, by getting rid of someone they think might become a “problem” due to their mental health…