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Link – Study Suggests Childhood Trauma Be Viewed as a Public Health Issue
Should the prevention of childhood trauma be a public health issue? Not all trauma can be prevented, but when you see statistics like this, it’s hard to argue that this isn’t something that is affecting society in a large way: “Not only were rates of developing a mental illness higher, people who experienced more trauma…
Reviews Elsewhere – Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
Kevin Eikenberry, who blogs on leadership, has a quick write up of this book, obviously written from the perspective of being a leader and helping identify loneliness in your own life, and the lives of those who follow you in the workplace. That being said, I thought the subject really applied to us when it…
Link – Mental health services: How to get treatment if you can’t afford it
We know the scale of the problem. “56 percent of Americans don’t get the help they need. Here are eight ways to find mental health services at little to no cost.” Because while this article may not help everyone in every situation, we need to know what is available and be prepared to help connect…
Sharing – The Mental Health Therapy-App Fantasy
Sadly, as much as apps like TalkSpace might offer ways for people with no local therapist to find one to work with online, they still suffer from this very basic issue:
“The underlying problem of access — the fact that there simply aren’t as many therapists as there are people who need therapy — has not been solved by therapy apps so much as papered over. “
Sharing – How Online Interactions Affect Mental Health in the Digital Age
Perhaps if we all focused on connecting with individuals and creating for one another, and less on consumption, we wouldn’t need to enact laws that prevent people from accessing the opportunities that the internet makes available to us.
