Link – The January blues are just a way for brands to monetise your mental health
I actually think this is a really important message. Because here’s the thing – you very well might be feeling absolutely awful right now. But that’s not because it’s Blue Monday, or you ate too much turkey at Christmas, or … Continued
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Relationship Experts Weigh in on the Right Time to Discuss Your Mental Health With Your Partner A Call to Action: We Must Strengthen America’s Mental Health Workforce On Being a Friend: Seeing Someone with Depression — and Seeing Myself Getting … Continued
Link – Boys need better access to mental health care. Why aren’t they getting it?
The article lists out a lot of the reasons, and I encourage you to read it, but this part I found to be very interesting because it reminded me of things I’ve done in some adult learning situations: “Way and … Continued
Link – If your organisation is looking for offenders, you’re leaving children at risk
This is an interesting opinion piece out of Australia, one that I think we should think about more. The Commissioners found, “There is no typical profile of an adult perpetrator”. They found that the strategies used to sexually abuse children … Continued
Link – Mental Illness in Youth Often Goes Undetected
Left untreated in childhood and early adulthood, we end up with adults who’s symptoms from continually worse over time. She says that ideas of how mental illness “should look” are so prevalent, it is difficult to believe that someone who … Continued
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New free online mental health supports – “If you are experiencing anxiety or depression, there are two new mental health support services available to people in Ontario.” Taxi drivers and hotel staff will be trained to help the fight against … Continued
Sad Local News as Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana Announces Closing
I was more than a little shocked and saddened when I read the news in an email this week about the Louisiana chapter of Prevent Child Abuse shutting its doors. First and foremost, because, as the article gets into, the … Continued
Link – What Appears to Be Mental Health Stigma Might Be Self-Care
Before you go judging your friends and/or family for not reacting to you the way you want them to, it might make sense to think of this little snippet from Laura Barton’s article (link below): “Then a few years ago, another … Continued
Link – Children more likely to report sexual abuse if they know a trusted adult
This quote is about kids who might tell someone at school, but I think the idea has much wider applicability. “Children who have been abused or who are survivors of abuse would definitely benefit from having an adult in the … Continued
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Should You Ditch Your Therapist for an App to Treat Depress Finding Sanity in Social Media While Battling Depression Know your limits, i.e. when I start feeling angry at tweets, it’s time to walk away Cyber groomers on pro Holiday … Continued