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Sharing – How to Talk to Friends About Your Depression
I think, for many of us, we’ve always assumed that when you want to have a difficult conversation, and disclosing your depression can be a difficult conversation, you wanted to set aside a time to have it without any distractions.
What if the distractions would help instead?
Sharing – Giving and Receiving Compliments
Haven’t we been talking over and over again about the lack of human connection and the impacts on our mental health? Maybe if we spent a little more time complimenting each other when a job is well done, or on a new look, or a trait that we admire, we’d have more human connection in our days.
Funding cuts to child mental healthcare are bad health and economic policy
As Renée points out, childhood trauma increases the likelihood of a wide range of physical and mental health issues later in life. To the tune of trillions of dollars. The way to address those outcomes is through early interventions for kids. Often, those are available because of grants and government funding. That costs money, but it’s a better alternative to all of the costs associated with treating the long-term impacts of trauma.
Link – How parents behave is linked to suicide risk: research
Kids who have parents who are more involved are less likely to consider suicide. “Parents ask us all the time, ‘What can we do?’” said Keith King, who coordinates the University of Cincinnati’s health promotion and education doctoral program. “Kids need to know that someone’s got their back, and unfortunately, many of them do not….
Sharing – Tips for Anyone Experiencing Mental Health Issues for the First Time
This Allure article below actually seems like something we should be sharing, because right now everyone is feeling something, a lot of things, that may be completely new. I mean seriously the world is pretty overwhelming right now, you’d have to be dead to not feel something. But not everyone knows how to cope with that.
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Introduction to Megan Law, Author of ‘Mental Illness in the Family’ Good Treatment For Mental Illness Still Scarce In U.S. Prisons Video games to tackle mental health stigma Study Tests Cost-Effective Approach for Treating Major Depression in Prison Teens and Suicide: What Parents Should Know Talking about mental health is only the beginning Why Developing…
