Shared Links (weekly) April 27, 2025
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Back in the Fall of 2018, NOLA.com did a series of stories highlighting the failure of the mental health care system in Louisiana. The stories are heartbreaking, and some will be difficult to read. If you’re easily triggered, think about skipping them. On the other hand if you want to fully understand what it’s like…
This is actually a three part video series, and I wanted to share them all because I think there’s a lot of good stuff in the discussion about men’s mental health, and why it’s not something we talk about enough. In them Graham Goulden and Toni White, break down some of the reasons for that,…
This is some interesting reading from Susannah Cahalan related to the closing of mental hospitals in the US. I already knew from my own reading that the closing, while supposedly meant to help patients who were being mistreated in some of those hospitals, created a much worse problem because they were released to be treated…
Sadly, this is probably about the same in other countries as well. “Data from 32 NHS Trusts in England showed about 60% of under-18s who are referred to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by their GP are not receiving treatment, according to figures obtained by Spurgeons children’s charity.” The reason I believe it’s…
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Be Generous For Free! Could COVID-19 Finally Destigmatize Mental Illness? Preventing suicide in men Why don’t doctors seek mental health treatment? They’ll be punished for it. Want to Stem the Rising Mental Health Crisis? Look Beyond the Usual Suspects for Help A Tribute to My Colleagues and All Those Working in Mental Health Posted from…