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Sharing – We Need More Comprehensive Suicide Prevention
I, obviously, agree. Awareness is great. Ending stigma, and having a crisis resource is great. It’s also not enough. What are we doing after the immediate crisis to prevent the next one, or to provide treatment and resources for all of the people who aren’t getting any now? What are we doing to accommodate people in the workplace who need to see a therapist on the regular, or need to be medicated and have some accommodation made? What are insurance companies doing to make sure mental health coverage is on par with physical health coverage, and who is enforcing the law when it isn’t? What are we doing to support families and loved ones who are doing their best to support people dealing with mental health issues?
As long as there are still so many not getting the help they need, the obvious answer to all of these questions is, not enough.
Link – Waiting longer for mental health care may help college students, report finds
This report seems totally out of sync with everything we know about mental health care, but maybe not so much. “It might have to do with the importance of consistent and stable therapy. While an access model gets students into care for a first appointment sooner, counselors often have too many patients and are unable…
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The Cost Of Ignoring Mental Health In The Workplace When Depression Tries To Isolate You, Focus On Friendship Don’t turn away when you see potential for suicide in others How CEOs Are Making Mental Health a Less Taboo Topic at Work Book review: Written Off: Mental Health Stigma and the Loss of Human Potential Psychotherapy…
Sharing – Affordable treatment for mental illness and substance abuse gets harder to find
These two facts are hard to explain. “Spending for all types of substance abuse treatment was just 0.9 percent of total health-care spending in 2017. Mental health treatment accounted for 2.4 percent of total spending. In 2017, 70,237 Americans died of drug overdoses, and 47,173 from suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
Link – The Pressures of Mental Health Advocacy
I’ve seen this too, and I’ve struggled with it at times. “I know at least in my situation, I’m terrified that one day I may have a serious setback again that requires hospitalization. What does that say to all of the people that have read my book or followed me on Twitter as I declare,…
