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Sam and Chris Gould: Twins’ suicides lead to victim policing change
Polly’s story: The long-lasting and corrosive impact of child sexual abuse
Struggling Activist And Feeling Helpless
– Before you can do more to help others, you need to also take care of your own mental health.
The science behind panic attacks — and what can you do to manage them
“Instagram therapy” and how women use social media for mental health support, solidarity
Prison and mental illness: the unmet needs associated with reincarceration
“For months, Erin Hagerty tried to get the young boy to open up about his traumatic past. Instead, he spent entire sessions avoiding eye contact, staring at the wall and refusing to speak. But Hagerty, a clinical psychologist with the Advocate Childhood Trauma Treatment Program didn’t give up on the child, who had been abandoned…
As always, scouring the net for potentially useful resources, and I found this review over on Psych Central. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects a wide range of individuals, from combat veterans and law enforcement to the survivors of sexual assault and childhoodabuse. The disorder expresses itself in a variety of ways, including anxiety, depression, avoidance…
“There’s a common assumption that children subjected to abuse or trauma will have problematic emotions across the board, McLaughlin said, such as muted responses to positive situations and extreme reactions to negative ones. But the study’s findings suggest that maltreated children are perhaps more resilient and adaptable than previously thought. “It seems that they are…
The day after the first time Lucy Ingram called in sick to her job due to depression, her boss presented her with a performance improvement plan. He told her that her calling in was unfair to her coworkers, unprofessional and set a bad example for the young adults she worked with. Two weeks later, Ingram…
Teachers need better training to combat child sex abuse, says charity Depression and Marriage: Dealing with a Depressed Spouse Honouring Veterans Means Caring About Their Mental Health #MeToo includes too many children; we all need to look out for them Updated: Reality of children’s mental health issues are terrifying with few answers How Group Therapy…