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Link – Taraji Henson Launches Foundation to Support Black Mental Health
Good for her. This is an issue for all people, but from what I have been reading over the years, is especially stigmatizing in the black community. It shouldn’t be that way, anywhere. “Empire” actress Taraji Henson is launching a new foundation in honor of her late father. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation will raise…
Sharing – The Importance of Role-Models for Survivors of Abuse
I’d much rather have some difficult conversations and for all of us to be uncomfortable with the topic than for that kid to feel that alone.
Sharing – Comment: Speaking up about mental health issues is not enough
This was Laura’s experience in Scotland, but it’s not really any different anywhere else. I’m university-educated, pretty tenacious, and am lucky enough to have very strong social support systems around me but navigating NHS mental healthcare took exactly the sort of clear-headed determination that I wasn’t feeling. The fact of the matter is, the mental…
Link – Waiting longer for mental health care may help college students, report finds
This report seems totally out of sync with everything we know about mental health care, but maybe not so much. “It might have to do with the importance of consistent and stable therapy. While an access model gets students into care for a first appointment sooner, counselors often have too many patients and are unable…
