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Link – #ItsOKToTalk: Australian men join viral selfie mental health campaign
“Thousands of Australian men have joined a viral selfie campaign to promote open conversations about suicide and mental health. The #ItsOkayToTalk campaign has gathered momentum globally after UK rugby player Luke Ambler posted a selfie that encouraged his friends and teammates to start opening up. Mr Ambler started the campaign after the sudden death of…
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Three Ways Childhood Trauma Affects Adulthood Did You Know? What We’ve Learned from the International Summit on Suicide Research! You Don’t Have to Go It Alone: Finding Support When You’re Depressed Psychiatric Bed Shortage Grows While Americans Suffer Here’s what therapy is and how it works, from intake to sessions My Experience With Crisis Services…
Link – 5 Things Depression is Not
“So, while the experience of depression is relatively unique to each individual who suffers from it, there are certain characteristics that ring true for all of us who’ve been there—namely (and perhaps most importantly in many cases) what depression is not:” Go read the list, but needless to say, I agree, depression is not funny, glamorous, a…
Headlines that Show Us How Bad our Mental Health Systems Are
Both articles tell the stories of people who can’t get the mental healthcare they need, and both dig into some of the political decisions that have caused this. Both also demonstrate how complicated the issue is and how much damage is being done behind the scenes by some of the same leaders who claim to support mental health.
They don’t. There are a lot of political and industry leaders who benefit from the status quo. Many people are also left behind due to a lack of affordable care. Those patients, their families, loved ones, and society pay the price when mental healthcare is lacking. It doesn’t have to be this way. It will take more than words to fix it.
Link – Talking about mental illness is no substitute for offering real help
Rachel is correct, talking about it should lessen the stigma around mental health issues, but we have not reached the next level yet, where people can talk about it without suffering social and professional consequences. For all the great work of celebrities, there’s also a sense in the room that the life of a famous…
