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In a real-life plot with tenuous links to the CSI NY Episode “Rush To Judgement”, Neil Weiner, a caretaker working at an East London school, was convicted last month and sentenced to 12 years in prison today after framing his boss by hacking his laptop to plant child porn on the hard drive. Following the…
This article has a lot to say about supporting someone who is dealing with a serious illness, and not being able to “fix” things for them, but this last section really hit home for me in so many situations: Choosing inaction is an action. And it can be hard and brave because inaction will not…
@Thriver mentioned this on Twitter today, and I thought I would pass it along. It’s the premeire issue of an e-zine called Light and Shadow. Light and Shadow is a quarterly e-zine which focuses on moving beyond psych labels, psych diagnosis and mental health stigma. There is a whole lot of stuff packed into the…
I think that makes sense. This is consistent with previous studies. What I want to know about, though, are the 45% who don’t have depression, the 49% who don’t have anxiety, the 75% without PTSD, and the 80% with no substance abuse issues. What was different for them? What kind of help or support was available for them as children compared to the others who did suffer from these issues? What kind of trauma were they dealing with? What kind of community did they live in? What resources were made available for them?