Shared Links (weekly) June 29, 2025
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On a much-discussed topic around this blog, I found this NPR feature to be a very worthwhile read. Not only doers it define one of the huge problems with mental health care in the US, but it goes to talk about some solutions: “It has put the jails in an awkward position. Today the three…
Not only are parents missing what’s happening with their kids, this miscommunication goes both ways: “Jones and his team were surprised to find similar disagreement in the other direction, between children’s downplayed reports of their thoughts versus what their parents saw as troubling indicators. A significant number of teenagers denied they had thought about suicide…
Honestly, I’m torn on this subject and not sure what the correct approach is. As someone who connects with people as part of my professional networking through social media and my own blogs, I completely understand the goal of using it to make yourself look good. On the other, as a childhood abuse survivor and…
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I don’t think we can promise that your first visit will be as good as the one described in this story, but I like that it tries to give a more accurate picture of what it’s like. Before I was referred to a psychiatrist, I imagined something like a scene from One Flew Over the…
This is good advice if you think it may be possible that you’ll be in a position where you, or a loved one, may be unable to advocate for yourself. More than half of the U.S. states recognize psychiatric advance directives, legal documents that detail instructions for mental health care when a person is not…