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Sharing – Social media isn’t the only cause of mental health woes among Texas youth
Social media is easy to target, but it’s not likely the most effective change to make for the benefit of youth mental health. The others take more work and get fewer headlines, so here we are.
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
Overcoming Your Childhood Trauma #67 – Find Your Voice -Podcast interview with your’s truly! “How’s your mind?” The quest for new ways to talk about mental illness Stop giving unsolicited mental health advice Surviving Christmas through unhappy memories Why You Can’t Just “Get Over It” Podcast: Stopping Psych Meds; What To Consider Posted from Diigo….
Sharing – Youth mental health: Mindfulness training isn’t the answer, UK study finds
What we see here is what we see for a lot of mental health solutions, it works for some, and doesn’t work for others. Mental health is complicated. As the article points out, if the school environment is hurting student mental health or they are living in an environment at home that does the same, mindfulness isn’t going to change that and isn’t likely to have much of an overall impact even if they engage.
It’s complicated. The solutions are going to be complicated as well. I’d like some simple mindfulness training to be “the answer” for everyone too, but it just isn’t.
On the other hand, if it helps you, keep doing it.
Reviews Elsewhere – The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression
Tina Arnoldi’s review of Edward Bullmore’s book includes some interesting observations about the multiple possible causes of depression, and the multiple possible treatments. The book focuses on inflammation, but I think this paragraph is the way we should be looking at something like depression: Bullmore provides a thorough analysis of the latest research on how…
