Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 23, 2025
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Sharing – Are We or Are We Not in a Youth Mental Health Crisis?
Is it a crisis that has teens struggling with mental health more recently, or is it some combination of cultural factors and more willingness to talk about mental health?
Sharing – How to lower a troubling male suicide rate? End the myths about emotions.
I’ve seen this time and time again. As men, we might even be told that we should be open to our emotions, but there are still very few spaces for men to show emotion. Sports is one example of a space where we can show excitement or disappointment. Sometimes, we can show more complex emotions, but only in romantic relationships—never with friends.
He also discusses the limited range of emotions usually deemed acceptable for men. Note how anger is one we are allowed to have and how it gets used as the cover for several more complicated emotions. That might also explain why men with depression don’t come across as sad but angry and thus don’t get diagnosed with depression as often as women. It doesn’t “look” like the depression we see in the media.
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Introduction to Megan Law, Author of ‘Mental Illness in the Family’ Good Treatment For Mental Illness Still Scarce In U.S. Prisons Video games to tackle mental health stigma Study Tests Cost-Effective Approach for Treating Major Depression in Prison Teens and Suicide: What Parents Should Know Talking about mental health is only the beginning Why Developing…
When it Comes to Mental Health Finances Matter
What we see there is that mental health problems can create debt. When we cannot work, our healthcare costs skyrocket, and we can find ourselves in a poor financial situation. That poor financial situation creates more stress and emotional labor, contributing to mental health issues.
Whether the mental health problem or financial struggle came first doesn’t matter. Once we are in the cycle, it will continue round and round.
That’s what cycles do.
