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What it’s like to secretly live with mental health issues tags: CA Depression How everyone can prevent child abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse ‘A silent issue’: Researchers say 1 in 3 teen boys attempt suicide after being sexually assaulted tags: CA ChildAbuse How to Control Emotional Triggers tags: CA ChildAbuse Is sexual abuse in youth sports…
From Panic to Peace: Practical Techniques for Coping with Trauma-Related Panic Attacks
End the Silence: Ask for Help with Mental Health with Thom Singer
Why We Need to Keep Writing (and Reading) about Mental Health
Goodbye, Perfect: How to Stop Pleasing, Proving, and Pushing for Others… and Live For Yourself
Healing from Within: Empowering Steps on the Journey to Overcoming Depression
Mental health stigma dissolving some since pandemic put the issue in the spotlight
– maybe one benefit of all this, but will it be a permanent change?
5 Tips for Unloved Daughters on Mother’s Day
– How to Cope When Mother’s Day Brings Up Painful Emotions
Mental Health Services Wane as Insurers Appear to Skirt Parity Rules During Pandemic
Ending Stigma about Suicide
Treating trauma early to help children cope down the line
The Cognitive Distortion Which Severely Hinders Recovery
Depression and the Holidays Often Don’t Mix
Coping with Unintentional Mental Health Stigma
Childhood trauma impacts millions of Americans, and it’s having devastating consequences
Toxic Positivity Is on the Rise. Are You Guilty of Spreading It?
Ottawa passes motion to create national, three-digit suicide prevention hotline
“Discrimination by therapists compounds the already steep obstacles Americans face in accessing mental health care. There are shortages of mental-health providers even in wealthy areas, and more than half of all counties in the U.S. have no practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, or social workers. In any given year, about one in five Americans has a mental…
Talking is important. Reaching out is important, That is the first step to dealing with mental health struggles, but it’s just the first step. Stop there, and well, we see what happened to Natasha’s friend: “In fact, he had been incredibly open about his mental health struggles for years and my friend, as well as…