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Blog Against Child Abuse – November 2011 Surviving Holidays Edition tags: CA Social media for military enables deep family connections : Lesson for law firms tags: SocNetPres CA Thanksgiving: Survivors of child sexual abuse of yesterday, today and tomorrow tags: CA 8 Tips To Help Console a Grieving Friend tags: CA 12 Depression Busters for…
Link – U.S. college teaches veterans to heal each others’ mental wounds |
This seems like a really good idea. I hope it is massively successful. “William James College wants to bridge the cultural divide between veterans, some of whom view seeking mental health care as akin to admitting weakness, and psychologists and counselors, many of whom know little about military culture.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-psychology-idUSKBN18M116
Link – We need mental health support at work – and every employer should commit to it
Put simply, this is a call for every workplace to have trained mental health first-aiders just like they have physical first-aiders. A number of employers are taking action. WHSmith has committed to match the number of staff that are physical first-aiders with mental health first-aiders over the next 12 months. This is an interesting idea….
Sharing – 5 Tiktok Accounts For Your Mental Health
I joined TikTok with similar thoughts to what I do on other social platforms as well. But, it turns out creating video content is a little harder for me, so it hasn’t been as active as I’d like it to be. Maybe I just need to follow this advice, find helpful and insightful content and let myself be inspired by it?
Check out the ones they suggest, and let us know if you have any favorite TikTok accounts related to mental health that you’d recommend?
Sharing – Taking police officers out of mental health-related 911 rescues
I am glad to see police departments willing to take a look at this kind of intervention instead of always responding with officers. As many have said, there are a lot of good officers trying to do the right thing, but they are not mental health professionals, and are often seen as the enemy by…
