Even if you’re not interested in the podcast about mental health and religion, keep this page handy. It is chock full of resources of all types for suicide prevention. We need to make sure these resources are handy, and get them to people who need them! https://cxmhpodcast.com/show-notes/2017/9/28/bonus-suicide-prevention-resources
Sadly, this did not surprise me. “Around one in five adults aged 16 to 59 (an estimated 6.2 million people) had experienced some form of abuse as a child, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for the year ending March 2016. But the impact of what is often a hidden crime…
There are no easy answers, but hopefully, this guide can help you spot child abuse, such as the shaken baby syndrome, or spot children that have been neglected, provide information about prevention programs, and learn the steps to report the abuse to child welfare services. They are right, there are no easy answers, and I suspect there will…
Jail is a terrible place for someone having a mental health crisis: “Across the country, and especially in rural areas, people in the middle of a mental health crisis are locked in a cell when a hospital bed or transportation to a hospital isn’t immediately available. The patients are transported from the ER like inmates,…
Over on the No Contact Survivor site, is a review of this book on overcoming ritual abuse. I’m personally not as familiar with ritual abuse as I probably should be, but as mentioned in the review, it’s not something that you’re going to find a lot of accurate information about, unfortunately. On the other hand,…
The term “abuse-proofing” gives me pause, because I don’t think you can ever guarantee that something you do will absolutely protect them, but there are some good tips and thoughts in this article, like this: Early in my graduate training, I stumbled over some great information and advice in my studies on all aspects of…
