Shared Links (weekly) Mar. 23, 2025
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Podcast: Sexual Abuse: The Last Stage in Recovery Workplace mental health: how to be caring, not just compliant Sexual abuse survivors rally across Japan calling for law reform How to Talk to Someone with Depression The Men’s Mental Health Double-Bind “On the one hand, men are being told to talk more and open-up; on the…
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Sharing – Childhood sexual abuse: Mental and physical after-effects closely linked
The study looked at the fact that among girls who had been sexually abused, there are marked increases in mental health diagnosis, and also physical health issues like urinary tract infections, etc. I think either of these is a possibility, maybe even both are true for different survivors. But, I also know that I’m looking…
Reviews Elsewhere – Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
I’ll repeat what I’ve said many times. Kids are often vulnerable because they have no close adults to trust and lean on for support. No one is there modeling what a mature sense of self is, so they aren’t learning it. I don’t necessarily agree with everything Drs. Maté and Neufeld said in this interview that I’m sure I wouldn’t agree with everything in their book, but on this point, I agree. Kids need trusted adults who make them feel safe and loved.
Yet we keep creating a society that makes it harder to provide that for kids. We are paying a price for that.
Sharing – ‘Conversation-based’ activities reduce mental illness stigma among college students
I don’t know that this a surprise to many of us who advocate for mental health issues, but it’s always nice to have a study show that talking about mental health in a normal way, during everyday life, does have a positive effect. “College students who participate in fun, peer-directed activities that openly and honestly…
