Shared Links (weekly) August 24, 2025
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Another Possible Reason for the Rise in Youth Mental Health Issues
Ben points out that the Child Tax Credit was expanded to assist poor families with pandemic-related economic hardships in 2021.
The rate of childhood poverty dropped to historic lows.
Then it went away. And, well, what else would you expect?
According to NPR, “…A year ago, child poverty hit a historic low of 5.2%. The latest figures [a year after the child tax credits expired] put it at 12.4%, the same as the overall poverty rate. The surge happened as record inflation was rising and a lot of pandemic relief was running out, but Census officials and other experts say a key was the child tax credit.”
Links I’m Sharing (weekly)
The Cost Of Ignoring Mental Health In The Workplace When Depression Tries To Isolate You, Focus On Friendship Don’t turn away when you see potential for suicide in others How CEOs Are Making Mental Health a Less Taboo Topic at Work Book review: Written Off: Mental Health Stigma and the Loss of Human Potential Psychotherapy…
Shared Links (weekly) August 20, 2023
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Loneliness in adulthood tied to accelerated brain aging, new research reveals
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Hardest Parts of Bipolar Disorder– I don’t talk about Bipolar often, because I don’t have Bipolar, and I’d rather link to people with lived experience, like this.
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The Role Of Therapy In Overcoming Childhood Neglect And Trauma
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Talking about mental health at home: What do you wish your parents knew?
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Link – Talking to Men About Depression
This is something that we often miss, and prevents us from seeing depression in many people to begin with: “Part of the difficulty was that my friend’s symptoms were more about impatience, irritability, and anger than behaviors we typically associate with depression, such as crying, moping, and an inability to get started with any task…
