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Shared Links (weekly) June 25, 2023
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It’s in the water– “Meaningful solutions to address mental health begin by seeing it everywhere “
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What It’s Like Teaching Through a Youth Mental Health Crisis
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Allow Yourself to Be Human– “Stories of Hope: An Interview with Mahayla Robarge”
What Future Do Kids Have If Mental Health Care Bankrupts Their Families?
We have to face the fact that, as much as we might not openly admit it, we live in a society where kids with mental illness have very little hope, and we don’t care enough to change that. They, their parents, and their siblings are “others” that we’d rather not be bothered with. Societally, we’d rather they went away than be concerned with figuring out ways to help them.
That’s not good enough.
Insights from While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.
As I read the rest of her insights, I realized this is where it all starts. We don’t have a mental health care system. If we had some semblance of a system the other four insights would go without saying. We’d see mental health patients as human beings, we would listen to them about their lived experiences, we’d have support systems for families, and we’d understand that despite all the effort and love put in, some people would still lose the battle, just like we do with cancer and every other illness.
Sharing – Opinion: Mental health support saved my life. But what if I’d had to wait?
At any point in that journey, through all the ups and downs, not having support and access to a resource may have meant the difference between my healing and my not being here to type these words.
I think about that a lot, too. I think about how many unknown people have been lost who didn’t have that one connection or access to that one resource that could have helped them keep going. It’s a haunting thought. It’s a thought that motivates me to keep speaking and expect better from our society.
Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 22, 2024
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