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September is an important month for suicide prevention. World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10, 2016) and National Suicide Prevention Week (September 5–11, 2016) provide us with opportunities to encourage people who are struggling with suicidal behavior to seek help, to assist friends, family members, and helping professionals in supporting individuals who are struggling with suicidal…
This is why it’s really both people in a relationship who need support, even as the one with depression is getting help. Depression takes the relationship down with the victim. Many studies show how this happens. For starters, depressed people often exude waves of negativity, which is hard for a partner to deal with. They…
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“If you have experienced trauma in your life and developed symptoms as a result of what you experienced or witnessed, you are not mentally ill, you are normal, as your brain was designed to protect you from harm. The symptoms you experience are related to how the brain responds when there is a threat. The…
People who need help, and have actually gone looking for help are unable to get it because the UK just doesn’t have it available. “A Royal College of Psychiatrists survey of the experience of 500 diagnosed mental health patients found that some had waited up to 13 years to get the treatment they needed.” 13…