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This is a sad statement, and probably shocking to any of you who’ve not had to deal with an obvious, and public, mental illness. I have no idea what it’s like to deal with the kind of struggle her son is dealing with, but I do remember after having a dissociative episode tied to major…
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To be fair, as the article does point out, college programs don’t have the resources. Neither do programs for adults, programs for children, etc. We don’t have answers for people in crisis. We aren’t even coming up with anything new. It’s time for new ideas. https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/06/mental-health-college-students/
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I can’t help but get frustrated when this is still the most popular myth we have to start articles like this with – “Myth: Mental health treatment is a sign of weakness. My kids will get over it.” There’s more where that came from. Please, if you don’t understand mental health issues among kids, go…
