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The bottom line? We can all play a role in enhancing mental health outcomes for ourselves and those around us. We change the world one solid relationship at a time, and we build those through effective communication.
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This statement by Dr. Heatley is shocking on it’s own, but it is a symptom of what happens when you simply don’t have the resources to provide mental health treatment. Dr Jonathan Heatley, a GP in West Sussex, said: “One way to get to the system very quickly is to attempt suicide.” “Mental health services…
Sharing – ‘We Know How to Solve the Mental Health Crisis. Will We Actually Do It?’
The reality is that we know what kinds of societal change will positively impact mental health. We know that poverty, pollution, discrimination, violence, etc., are environmental factors that harm mental health. We know that medication, exercise, touching grass, etc. won’t make the slightest difference for those factors. (They may help some of the things that factor into mental health issues, but when you’re unhoused or being discriminated against, a walk in the park won’t change that.)
We also know what it will take to correct some of those environmental factors, lift people out of poverty, invest in local resources to support each other, eradicate discrimination by creating inclusive programs aimed at the needs of different groups, etc.
The only question is whether we care enough to do those things, and the overwhelming answer we’ve gotten in recent months is no.
Sharing – Why We Oversimplify Psychology
As Whitney says, and I agree, the real work is in the complexities. That goes for our own mental health issues, healing from abuse, and social issues regarding these topics. We aren’t going to solve the mental health crisis by getting people to exercise more. It might help some people, but that one explanation will not work for everyone. We are all much more complex than that simple “fix” would lead us to believe, but believing it reduces the cognitive load of figuring out how to help millions of individuals.
Sharing – 71% of UK men have experienced some form of sexual victimization by a woman
But then I got to thinking. I’ve talked about being a sexual abuse survivor and how it was a male who abused me. What I haven’t talked about and haven’t considered for myself because the incidents are overshadowed by the years of sexual abuse are the occasions when I was sexually victimized without my consent by women.
