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Sharing – The mental health signal we can’t afford to ignore in 2026
We talk about the importance of mental health, but our actions as a society send a completely different message.
Sharing – Music Is Just as Powerful at Improving Mental Health as Exercise, Review Suggests
I have noticed that playing music around our house definitely raises my spirits in a similar way as exercise, so it’s nice to know that researchers are looking into some other options for helping our mental health above and beyond “get more exercise”.
What I like more though, is a research article that contains this common-sense reminder about how we are all different:
Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 11 2022
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Why asking for help is hard, but people want to help more than we realize
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A new mental health hotline is focusing on providing support to farmers and ranchers
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Suicidal Thoughts Exist On A Spectrum. Here’s What To Know About Each Type.
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Sharing – 988 call centers struggling to hire people to answer the phones.
Creating a new number was the easy part. Similar to raising awareness because it’s necessary, it’s essential, but if there is no one there to provide the help we encourage people to reach out for, it’s not nearly enough. Here’s hoping these state and local organizations can find and train people to provide the necessary help during these calls. That’s only a start, of course. We still have so much work to do to make that help accessible to everyone who needs it.
In some ways, this struggle to staff the hotline is a microcosm of the entire mental health field right now. We need a lot of resources that just aren’t there right now. Can we figure out a way to get change that?
Shared Links (weekly) Jan, 31 2021
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– Can we also talk about how offensive these connections are to male survivors?
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