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Sharing – Black mental health matters: How to cope during a time of social injustice, according to experts
I truly believe this is: The deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and most recently George Floyd, among countless lives lost at the hands of police brutality — in addition to simultaneously experiencing a disproportionate rate of deaths from COVID-19 — has left many people of color fighting through psychological warfare. During this mental health…
Sharing – Invest in childhood
We know that kids who can access mental health support during traumatic childhoods fare significantly better in every aspect than kids who are unable to do so. If we want to do something about not only the youth mental health crisis, but also future adult mental and physical health issues, one of the best things we could do is invest in support systems for children.Â
But, we don’t. We have never made the kind of commitment that is necessary, and now we are cutting the meager programs that do exist.Â
Link – Just 16% of survivors of child abuse feel needs met by mental health services
The number is startling, but we also have to acknowledge that it shouldn’t be surprising. We already know that the stigma associated with coming forward prevents many survivors from even talking about their abuse until years later, and that they pay a heavy mental health price during those years in general. We also know the…
Link – UK Mental Health Study
This is a really interesting, but quite lengthy, read. Brandwatch put together a large survey of UK social media conversations. We analyzed over 12 million conversations to understand how mental health is discussed online. A couple of interesting takeaways I got, though I’m sure you may come away with different ones: Clearly events like Mental Heath…
