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Link – 5 Questions to Ask the Partners of Child Abuse Survivors
This is a really good reminder, that when you have one person in a relationship dealing with a long term healing process, the other person needs support too. I especially like the reminder that the survivor benefits greatly from knowing that someone else is also looking after their partner as well. It is very important…
Sharing – Oklahoma Mental Health Officials Seeing Success with Prison Diversion Programs
This is a good idea, because we already know that prison is not a good place to get mental health, or addiction, treatment. Oklahoma seems to understand this fact: “By the end of June, jails in all 77 Oklahoma counties should be assessing every person arrested for a nonviolent crime for their mental health, potential…
Sharing – Why LGBTQ+ youth have high rate of mental health struggles and how to address them
The bottom line is that when we talk about young LGBTQ+ people and the lack of acceptance they get from people closest to them, we run the risk of losing more of them to mental health issues. We could make a significant impact on youth mental health if we stopped stigmatizing and acting horribly towards people who are different than us.
If you’re not willing to do that, don’t tell me how much you care about mental health and young people.
