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More on Mental Health Care at a Young Age
Last week, I linked to an article and discussed the importance of mental health care in UK primary schools. Today, I wanted to follow up on that with a couple of links to articles that talk about this same problem in the US, and the importance of getting help early. Adolescent Depression: Early Mental Health…
Link – The Double Standard of Mental Illness
This is something we should all take a minute and think about: If a family member walked into your living room, bent over in pain and screaming for help, what would you do? You would help, of course. And generally, you’d know what to do. If you saw blood, you’d try to stop it. If…
Reading – Ottawa psych student’s app to help ‘thousands’ with anxiety, depression
“Then, frustrated by a lack of accessible services for depression and anxiety patients and spurred by years’ worth of existing research in web-based education in cognitive behavioural therapy, Perron started working on an app called TruReach Health — now set for release on Apple and Android devices on Sept. 9 — which gives patients a…
Link – What happens when mental health education isn’t taught to kids
“Education can’t get rid of mental illness but it can give you the tools you need to do what you can to stack the odds in your favour that you won’t get it,” said Kutcher, a former member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s youth advisory committee. Without this education, misinformation and isolation run…
Sharing – What the Advisory on Teen Social Media Use and Mental Health Missed
I agree with Janet. There is content available on the internet, and social media, that is dangerous for kids. There is also content available that is beneficial to kids as well. Protecting them from harm without killing off all of the positive things technology brings into their lives every day is not a simple task.
Anyone telling you it is simple, or claiming that we “have to do something”, without explaining all of the trade-offs is not to be taken seriously.
Beat Depression During the Winter
This is a pretty good list of things to do during these cold Winter months when parts of your depression fighting plan includes things like outdoor activities, and other things that you can’t do during the colder months. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/01/04/12-winter-depression-busters/ I’ve found a few of these to be good tools for myself, fighting off the lethargy…
