Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 1, 2024
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Sharing – Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns about youth mental health
I appreciate the fact that the current Surgeon General seems to understand that dealing with mental health issues in the US is not going to be one simple thing that makes it all better. This quote demonstrates that he understands that the problem is multi-dimensional and that any solution will also have to be:
Shared Links (weekly) April 13, 2025
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Sharing – Resiliency: Strong & Broken At The Same Time
I see so many survivors stuck in a black/white perception. You’re either healed, or broken. You are strong and resilient, or you’re weak. You have a mental health problem, or you don’t.
When the truth is so much more complicated than all of that.
Sharing – Compassion Fatigue: When Counselors and Other Helpers Don’t Make Time for Self-Care
This is true for anyone working in the field of mental health, or crisis intervention, and it’s also true of advocates. I’ve seen it too many times: “While compassion fatigue can happen when helpers are unable to replenish and restore emotionally and physically (Figley, 1982), vicarious trauma is the shift you experience mentally from…
Shared Links (weekly) April 9, 2023
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Harvard-trained psychologist: How to check in on your friends
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Hold Still: A Story of Suicide– A review of Hold Still by Nina LaCour
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We are not getting enough touch.– This is not an easy subject for survivors, I know. The science, however, is the science. For survivors it’s about trust, and there are far too few people in our lives who we can trust.
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